ATLANTA — A Georgia semi-truck driver is behind bars in Michigan after investigators said he opened fire on a car while driving down a Detroit interstate.
Michigan State Police said there were called out for a crash involving a car and a semi-truck with a possible intoxicated driver just before 12 a.m. Monday.
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Location
Eastbound I-96 near MLK, city of Detroit
Synopsis:
The Detroit Regional Dispatch Center received calls about a traffic crash involving a possible intoxicated semi driver and a weapon. 1/ pic.twitter.com/f8f7090o4m
Investigators said the car had been following the truck for several miles while driving along Interstate 96 when the driver of the semi-truck opened fire on the car near the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard exit in Detroit.
State police said the semi-truck eventually became disabled and stopped along Wayburn Street. That’s when the driver of the truck got out and ran away. He later returned and was arrested.
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Investigators only identified the driver as a 37-year-old man from Georgia. Police later learned he had recorded the whole incident on his cell phone.
Police have not released what charges the driver faces.
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