SUMMERFIELD TWP., Mich. (WWJ) -- A man is in police custody following a road rage shooting involving two Ohio men in Monroe County Thursday morning.
The situation unfolded shortly before 10 a.m. when a 21-year-old Toledo man was driving his blue Dodge in the northbound lanes of US-23 and became involved in a road rage incident with a 35-year-old man, also from Toledo, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say the 35-year-old man, driving a gray Mazda, pulled out a handgun and fired it.
The sheriff’s office did not say what prompted the road rage incident.
Both vehicles exited US-23 at Summerfield Road and stopped on the exit ramp, and a confrontation ensued when both drivers exited their vehicles.
Before things escalated further, Deputy Jason Miller saw the incident and stopped to investigate.
After speaking with both drivers, the 35-year-old Toledo man who fired the gun was arrested and lodged at the Monroe County Jail.
The suspect’s name is being withheld, pending formal arraignment in 1st District Court.
Anyone who saw the road rage incident or otherwise has further information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau at 734-240-7530.
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