Vehicle shot during road rage incident on I-675

A motorist shot at a vehicle during a road rage incident earlier this month after two vehicles attempted to merge onto Interstate 675 at the same time in Sugarcreek Twp. Police responded Feb. 9 to the Wilmington Pike Cracker Barrel for a weapons complaint. A woman told police she was taking the I-675 North entrance ramp from Wilmington Pike when a Ford ZX2 entered the ramp at the same time on her right. The vehicles continued alongside each other until the two ramp lanes merged into one. The Ford, in the lane that ended, drove into the emergency lane to avoid a crash and then weaved in and out of traffic as the car followed her. “While she continued driving, the gray car drove up next to her, to which the driver stated, ‘You are going to die today!’ and fired two shots at her,” a Sugar Twp. Police Department incident report read.

One shot hit the woman’s front passenger door and investigators found bullet fragments on the the passenger side floorboard. The woman provided police with the license plate number of the Ford, as well as a description of the driver.

A man who reportedly witnessed the road rage incident provided dash cam footage. In a police statement, the man wrote “the driver that should have yielded chased down the other driver and brandish(ed) his his pistol one time and then fired his weapon two other times and shot a total of two to three shots.”

Investigators spoke to the registered owner of the Ford who denied any involvement and said another person drives the car, according to the report.

Police contacted the other person, who agreed to speak to officers. The interview was redacted from the report.

The case was forwarded to the detective section to coordinate with the prosecutor’s office for the consideration of charges.