This is just a few miles south of Memphis:
DeSoto County motorist shot after pulling out in front of vehicle
OLIVE BRANCH, MS (WMC-TV) - A DeSoto County motorist was shot late Monday morning after pulling out in front of another vehicle on Highway 78 near Olive Branch.
According to Major Mark Kimbell of the Olive Branch Police Department, the incident happened when the victim pulled out in front of the suspect's vehicle, causing that vehicle to go off the road.
According to Kimbell, the suspect caught up to the victim by driving at a high rate of speed, pulled a gun, and fired one shot through the victim's driver's side window. The victim was struck by the bullet in the arm.
The victim pulled off the road at a rest stop on the westbound side of Highway 78, Kimbell said. The victim was eventually taken to Baptist-DeSoto Hospital in stable condition.
Man shot after he runs car off U.S. 78 near Olive Branch
Police search for assailant's tan Nissan Altima
By Christopher Conley (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A wild road rage encounter on U.S. 78 near Olive Branch late Monday morning escalated into a shooting that left a man wounded in the arm.
The victim, who was not identified, was being treated for a non-critical gunshot wound in his left forearm.
Meanwhile, Olive Branch Police Monday afternoon continued searching for a late model tan Nissan Altima, with its window shot out, seen speeding away after the shooting.
Just before noon, the victim's vehicle swerved and inadvertently ran the assailant's Nissan off the road in the westbound lanes of U.S. 78, near Bethel Road, according to Olive Branch Police Chief Art Heun.
After being forced onto the road shoulder, the Nissan re-entered the road, passed another westbound driver at high speed, then pulled up next to the victim's car,
The suspect fired a chrome handgun -- first through the window of his own vehicle, then through the victim's driver-side window -- striking the driver in the forearm.
The victim pulled into a rest stop to call for help, while the gunman's vehicle continued west.
A witness was able to recount the events for police, describing how the Nissan pulled up to the victim's vehicle just before the shot was fired.
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