MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. — A man is facing several charges after the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said he shot at a car on I-75 and wounded a man in a road rage incident.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Tyrome Ferguson, 54, from Sweetwater shot a man in another car at least once in the chest while the victim's wife and two children were with him. The person was taken to the hospital in the shooting.
Chief Deputy Chris White said the shooting happened on I-75 near mile marker 66 in Monroe County around 10 p.m. Monday night. According to THP, troopers received a BOLO for a vehicle -- and one trooper remembered having passed a similar vehicle near the I-40 and I-75 split roughly 20 minutes before the shooting happened.
The trooper checked his license plate reader system of all the vehicles his cruiser had passed and discovered the vehicle in question. After running the tag number, he located an address in Sweetwater where the vehicle was registered.
Several officers contacted and interviewed Ferguson, who they said confirmed he had been involved in a road rage incident. Ferguson was taken into custody without incident.
White said Ferguson faces four counts of aggravated assault and said other charges are pending. The section of the highway where the shooting happened was briefly closed Monday night as crews worked.
The incident remains under investigation.