Woman injured, car damaged in road rage shooting, Gwinnett County police say

A woman is recovering after officials say she was shot in a road rage incident.

Gwinnett County Police said on June 1, around 9:30 p.m., officers received reports of a person being shot on the Stone Mountain Highway.

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When officers arrived, they found a woman with injuries to her foot. Authorities said his vehicle had bullet holes and shell casings on the ground in the area.

The victim told officers that she was driving eastbound on Stone Mountain Highway when a vehicle was following her and flashing her headlights as if to pass her.

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She said she was trying to pull away from the vehicle near Exit 9 on Stone Mountain Highway when the vehicle cut into her and began shooting at her car from the passenger side.

When she tried to escape the suspect’s vehicle, she said he backed the other way and fired more shots into the driver’s side of his car.

The victim described the suspect’s vehicle as a dark, possibly green passenger vehicle.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Gwinnett County Police Department Detectives at 770-513-5300.

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