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TONIGHT RHODE ISLAND
STATE POLICE ARE TRYING
TO TRACK DOWN THE
GUNMAN INVOLVED IN A
DANGEROUS CASE OF
ROAD RAGE.
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IT HAPPENED SHORTLY
AFTER NOON ON TUESDAY
--
ON ROUTE 146 IN LINCOLN
-- NEAR THE 295 ON-RAMP.
AS WE FIRST REPORTED
LAST NIGHT -- SOMEONE IN
ONE VEHICLE -- OPENED
FIRE ON ANOTHER.
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FORTUNATELY NO ONE
WAS HURT --
BUT NOW POLICE ARE
HOPING THESE PHOTOS
OF A RED NISSAN S-U-V
WILL HELP THEM CRACK
THE CASE.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JARED PLINER
JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM
LINCOLN--
WITH THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS
ROAD RAGE
INVESTIGATION.
The victim's okay. But Road rage
--
taken to another level. Beyond
honking and tailgating. Troopers
hoping witnesses will help lead
to an
arrest.
Shots fired on 146. Tonight
photos
of an SUV. Rhode Island State
Police want its driver and
anyone
else who was inside. These three
traffic images snapped before
troopers say gunfire came from
this
red Nissan. Model year '14 or
later.
Either a Rogue, Murano or
Pathfinder. Believed to have
Rhode
Island plates.
"It was a great danger to
everyone
that was on the highway at that
particular time. Who knows where
those rounds can go, who they
can
hit."
It all happened after noontime,
Tuesday. Near the exit to 295.
In
Lincoln. Tempers boiling over.
"State police say the rage
started to
build, if you will, right around
here.
Route 116/George Washington
Highway. And it was just about
this
time of day. These two vehicles
continuing northbound. A lot of
cars
out. A lot of people out."
Three bullet holes in the
victim's
blue Hyundai -- one way too
close
for comfort.
"Two of them ended up in the
passenger side rear door. The
other
one ended up through the rear
passenger side window and
forward
into the vehicle. Into the
dashboard
area."
Missing the driver.
"Extremely lucky. Extremely
lucky."
The driver of the suspect car is
described only as a
light-skinned
male. Who was last seen taking
the
295 access road. It's unknown if
that's the shooter or if there
was
someone else in the Nissan. One
thing is clear.
"When that individual fired
those
rounds into that car -- they
don't
know if there's a small child or
anyone else sitting in the
backseat
of that vehicle."
If you can help troopers out,
call the Lincoln Barracks at
444-1100. New at 6 -- more
local road rage. And what
state police want up to do. JP
EWN.
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THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS NOW ---
IN THE SEARCH FOR THE
PERSON WHO TURNED
ROAD RAGE -- INTO
GUNFIRE -- ON ROUTE 1-46
YESTERDAY.
WE'VE BEEN ON TOP OF
THIS STORY SINCE LAST
NIGHT ---
AND ITS FAR FROM THE
FIRST TIME --
THAT ANGER ON THE
ROADS, HAS LED TO
VIOLENCE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JARED PLINER
SPOKE TO STATE POLICE
TODAY --- HE JOINS US
LIVE FROM LINCOLN WITH
THE LATEST.
The driver of the suspect car
is described only as a light-
skinned male. Who was last
seen taking the 295 access
road here. It's unclear if
that's
the shooter or if there was
someone else in the Nissan.
Did you see gunfire come from
this
red Nissan on 146 North near
295,
after noontime Tuesday? Do you
have any dash cam video of it?
Rhode Island State Police asking
both tonight. Troopers saying
road
rage led someone in this Rogue,
Murano or Pathfinder (2014 or
later,
believed to have Rhode Island
plates) to shoot up a blue
Hyundai.
One bullet -- close to that
driver.
"Into the dashboard area."
"Extremely lucky. Extremely
lucky."
This isn't the first time. In
January of
last year, someone fired on a
woman's car on 146 in
Providence.
The motive unclear then.
Troopers
eyed road rage. She got away in
the
breakdown lane.
And road rage in April. A man
was
killed in a 295 crash when
troopers
say an enraged driver purposely
stopped short.
"De-escalate the situation. Pull
away from that vehicle. Call
911.
Give law enforcement -- whether
it's
us or local law enforcement -- a
description of that vehicle. And
we
put that out to our cars."
"We're always trying to tell
people,
'Don't get into this situation.'
And at
what exactly happened yesterday
--
where someone actually pulled
out
a firearm and fired rounds into
that
vehicle."
The state police's Lincoln
Barracks where to call if you
have information. 444-1100.
JP EWN.