Shooting on Highway 79

Publish Date: July 18, 2019
Written by: David Agee
Categories: News

On Wednesday July 17, 2019 at 8:48pm deputies responded to a shooting on Highway 79 near Fleming road.  The driver reported that a vehicle pulled beside her occupied by 4 black males and began shooting at her and her passenger.  The men then did a U-turn and headed in the other direction.  The passenger was struck by gunfire.  Deputies began to search for and track the offender’s vehicle.  The injured victim was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  This offense does not appear to be random but a targeted act.  Sheriff’s detectives are investigating this shooting.

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