INDIANAPOLIS — A man was wounded Thursday night in an apparent road rage shooting on Interstate 65 south of Indianapolis.
The shooting happened June 29 just after 7:30 p.m. on I-65 southbound near the 103-mile marker, just south of the Southport Road exit. Dispatchers received a call reporting a man who had been shot inside a vehicle on the interstate.
First responders located the adult male with a serious injury from an apparent gunshot wound. The man was conscious and alert when he was transported to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment, Indiana State Police said in a release.
On Monday, state police arrested 19-year-old Ladon Jenkins, of Indianapolis, on preliminary charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery for the shooting.
The Marion County Prosecutor's Office will determine final charges against Jenkins.
Investigators believe a road rage incident escalated when a person inside a vehicle fired multiple shots into the victim's silver Honda. At least one of the bullets hit the man.
The suspect vehicle reportedly left the scene after the shooting before officers arrived at the scene.
As state police continue their investigation, they are asking anyone who witnessed the shooting or who was driving in the area of I-65 and Southport Road at the time of the shooting and may have recorded video from a dashboard camera to call ISP at 317-899-8577 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.