GRANT COUNTY — A person has died following a road rage shooting in Grant County.
According to the Grant County Sheriff's Office, a truck driver was shot and killed in Grant County on Monday following a road rage incident that began on I-69.
Sheriff Del Garcia says deputies were made away of the shooting in a rural part of the county and found a person had died as a result of the shooting.
Preliminary investigation found a road rage incident between a Grant County resident returning home and a semi driver began on I-69. According to Garcia, the driver exited I-69 onto State Road 26 to return home and the semi followed him.
The driver, once home, said a laser was pointed at him and he believed it to be a weapon.
The Grant County resident reportedly fired his gun at the semi driver. The semi then went across a cornfield and caught fire.
The semi driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Garcia, the investigation is still active.
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