Three arrested over pellet gun road rage shooting in Worcester, Massachusetts
Three suspects fired a pellet gun at another driver's car during a road rage incident on Route 122 in Worcester, shattering several windows. No injuries were reported.
Three detained at Paxton police complex after road rage shooting on Route 122
Three people were arrested on Wednesday after firing a pellet gun at another driver's car during a road rage incident in Worcester, Massachusetts, cbsnews.com reports.
The incident began shortly after 9 a.m. on Route 122 in Worcester. The targeted driver called 911 to report that their vehicle was being shot at and that they were continuing to drive into the neighbouring town of Paxton.
The caller pulled into the Paxton Public Safety Complex. The other car followed them into the parking lot before attempting to turn around. Officers stopped the suspects at the entrance and detained all three occupants.
No injuries were reported, but several of the caller's car windows were shattered. Police initially suspected a conventional firearm had caused the damage, as no shell casings were found at the scene. It was later determined that a pellet gun was responsible.
Carla Lopez-Reyes, 44, Raquel Lozada-Vega, 46, and Roberto Carlos Crespo, 40, were each charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and malicious vandalism of property. Lozada-Vega faces an additional charge of drug possession.
Sgt. Elise Miranda of the Worcester Police Department said the public was never at risk. "There's no concern for the general public. This was an isolated incident," Miranda said. "It started out really big and frightening, and dialled down pretty quick."
Eyewitness Forrest Smith described a heavy police presence in the aftermath. "We saw several cruisers drive by. Probably 15 minutes after that we had state police cruisers, local police cruisers, Worcester police cruisers on the street. We had several officers with a police dog searching up and down the street," Smith said.
Paxton borders Worcester directly in central Massachusetts. The Public Safety Complex where the suspects were stopped lies just over two miles from Pleasant Street in Worcester, where the confrontation first began.
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