Police ID person who fired shots in apparent road rage incident that left 1 dead

KEVIN, APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THERE. IN OTHER NEWS, ROAD RAGE LEADING TO A DEADLY SHOOTING IN BUTLER COUNTY TONIGHT. MIDDLETOWN POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON WHO OPENED FIRE RIGHT INTO ANOTHER TRUCK, KILLING THE DRIVER. AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S KAREN JOHNSON IS LIVE FOR US IN DOWNTOWN MIDDLETOWN WITH MORE TONIGHT. HI, KAREN. HEY, SHEREE. THAT’S RIGHT. VIOLENCE IN THESE STREETS OVERNIGHT WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THEY FIRST SAW TWO CARS RAMMING EACH OTHER, THEN HEARD GUNSHOTS. I THINK ONE OF THE VEHICLES RAMMED. THE OTHER CALLER HEARD A 103 WHEN THEY PULLED OFF. THE TRUCK IS NOW INTO A POLE IN FRONT OF THE FO. AND IT ALL CAME TO AN END IN FRONT OF THE EAGLES LODGE. MIDDLETOWN POLICE SAY THE 26 YEAR OLD MAN INSIDE THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SHOT. HE DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE WERE ORIGINALLY DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF VERDI AND MANCHESTER FOR REPORTS OF A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT BETWEEN TWO CARS, MINUTES LATER, PEOPLE IN THE AREA HEARD GUNFIRE AND THEN SAW THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK CRASH HAD CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE SUBJECT DID DIE FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS NECK. UM, RIGHT NOW WE’RE STILL CONFIRMING, UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS BULLETS MAYBE FIRED INTO THE CAR FROM THE REAR AND FRONT, SO WE DON’T KNOW. AND WE’RE STILL, LIKE, WORKING THOSE, UH, OUR CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR PEOPLE ARE WORKING THAT TO SEE EXACTLY IF THEY CAN DETERMINE HOW MANY SHOTS WERE POSSIBLY FIRED IN. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS WITNESSES ARE COOPERATING AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE A SUSPECT, EITHER IN CUSTODY OR IDENTIFY A SUSPECT BY THIS EVENING. REPORTING LIVE IN MIDDLETOWN TONIGHT.

Police said they have identified the person accused of firing shots during an apparent road rage incident that left one person dead in Middletown.Officers were first dispatched Tuesday around 11:50 p.m. to the area of Manchester Avenue and Verity Parkway for a report of two cars that were involved in a road rage incident."They almost hit me. It was a car and a truck. The truck was behind him. It was a white Chevy extended cab truck, and he rammed him, and then I heard gunshots as soon as I turned," a man who called 911 said. "The truck hit the car and then gunshots went off."The driver of the pickup then crashed into a pole in front of the Eagles Lodge."The subject did die from a gunshot wound to his neck. Right now, we're still confirming, but looks like there were bullets being fired into the car from the rear and front," Eric Crank, acting Middletown Police Chief, said.The 26-year-old male victim later died on the scene.Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Section later located the other vehicle involved and the vehicle's driver. Middletown police said another subject has been identified as the person who fired the weapon. Police have not released any names or said if either have been arrested at this time. The investigation is still ongoing, police said.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 513-425-7785.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio —

Police said they have identified the person accused of firing shots during an apparent road rage incident that left one person dead in Middletown.

Officers were first dispatched Tuesday around 11:50 p.m. to the area of Manchester Avenue and Verity Parkway for a report of two cars that were involved in a road rage incident.

"They almost hit me. It was a car and a truck. The truck was behind him. It was a white Chevy extended cab truck, and he rammed him, and then I heard gunshots as soon as I turned," a man who called 911 said. "The truck hit the car and then gunshots went off."

The driver of the pickup then crashed into a pole in front of the Eagles Lodge.

"The subject did die from a gunshot wound to his neck. Right now, we're still confirming, but looks like there were bullets being fired into the car from the rear and front," Eric Crank, acting Middletown Police Chief, said.

The 26-year-old male victim later died on the scene.

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Section later located the other vehicle involved and the vehicle's driver.

Middletown police said another subject has been identified as the person who fired the weapon.

Police have not released any names or said if either have been arrested at this time.

The investigation is still ongoing, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 513-425-7785.

Police ID person who fired shots in apparent road rage incident that left 1 dead

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