Man shot in road rage incident along I-70
MONROVIA -- At approximately 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Hendricks County deputies were dispatched to a truck stop at State Road 39 and Interstate 70 regarding a person with a gunshot wound to the lower leg.
The preliminary investigation indicates that the incident began as a road rage incident while the suspect and victim vehicles were traveling eastbound on I-70 near the 57-mile marker, west of State Road 39.
Reportedly, the victim’s vehicle, a Subaru Outback, was traveling in the left lane of I-70 when a white car with dark tinted windows -- possibly a Hyundai Elantra -- passed the Subaru on the right and then abruptly cut in front of the Subaru.
The victim driving the Subaru then changed into the right lane and pulled up next to the white car, when a passenger in the white car fired a gun multiple times at the Subaru, striking the driver of the Subaru in the lower leg. The male victim driving the Subaru exited I-70 at State Road 39, stopped at the TA Truck Stop and called for assistance.
The suspect vehicle reportedly continued eastbound on I-70.
The incident occurred in approximately the same area in which former Greencastle Mayor Mike Harmless and wife Susie were shot at in mid-August. One bullet lodged in the back seat of the Harmless car after passing through the rear passenger door.
The male victim Thursday sustained non-life-threatening injuries to the lower leg and was transported to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment.
A female passenger and infant who were also in the Subaru at the time of the incident fortunately were not injured.
The suspect vehicle is described as a white four-door passenger car with dark tinted windows, possibly a Hyundai Elantra, occupied by at least three black males.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division at 317-745-9276 regarding case number 21-7769.