The Missouri State Highway Patrol is thanking two truck drivers who intervened in a highway shooting, putting their trucks between the attacker and his intended targets.
On April 7th, a shooting occurred on Interstate 70 Eastbound in Montgomery County, Missouri. The driver of a Volkswagon Jetta fired multiple shots at a van with three people inside. At least six shots impacted the van, with two hitting the rear tires. The vehicle was disabled and came to rest in the median.
According to a press release issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it was then that two unnamed truck drivers who witnessed the attacked pulled their vehicles next to the van, shielding it from further gunfire. The suspect then fled the scene.
Just a short while later, troopers located the suspect’s vehicle and arrested Chad Michael Kennedy, 28. When questioned, Kennedy told police that he had observed that the van looked suspicious. He followed it for a while and decided that “I could not allow the vehicle to leave the state of Missouri.”
Kennedy allegedly pulled up next to the van and motioned for them to pull over. When they did not, he displayed a rifle. Finally, he opened fire on the van.
Kennedy had been charged with three counts of assault first-degree, one count of armed criminal action, and six counts of unlawful use of a weapon.
Source: twitter, mshp, ksisradio, komu, newsbreak, boonvilledailynews
Probably.just trying to put their Volvo’s out of their misery.
Good one
That’s pretty classy…must be 1 the smart guys from some trucking school who been sitting behind the wheel for 6 months…
Yeap…when you can tell me you logged miles under the old HOS…then talk…until then, just listen and learn!
bravo for the truckers that helped out. they averted a large scale massacre.
Suspicious, how? And how are those decisions, his responsibility? He could have called 911 to report his suspicions, of the other vehicle.
Probably his mentality was haywire. We can only speculate hallucinating, drugs, schizophrenia…
Joe, he was probably crazy and the lockdown drove him over the edge. No pun intended.
So I’m thinking that although these questions are important to ask you might consider prefacing them with questions like
Was he off his meds?
What was he high on?
Maybe he has a mental problem?
And questions like that cause I’m
Pretty sure the guy is more than a bit delusional!
Just saying ….
Good for the truckers!!
IQ of a turnip!
I use that saying often!🤣
The most suspicious thing going on, was the lone gunman stalking and then shooting at people on a public highway… :-/
Who’s not leaving Missouri, now?
Who’s staying?
The van was probably full of illegals!!!
Still no reason to shoot them
Not with just three people in it.
That was still some ones family members.
Calm down mate don’t shoot them all at once. You might want something to shoot at later on.
Now now…still illegal to shoot at moving targets on Missouri highways without a permit.
23-19, 23-19′,23-19!!!!!!!
Untankfull people out there and with cob 19 not thinking right to say thank you 🙏
Such a haters
“It looked suspicious, they wouldn’t pull over when I told them so I shot their shit up!” With?
Charge him with domestic terrorism…ohh wait, he is Chad Michael, not Ahmad.
Pull up and point a gun at me. Your Jetta will need to be loaded for the trip to the junk yard.
Thanks to the truckers who saved a life that’s what this job is about
The job is about saving lives??? I thought the job was bout delivering goods in a safe and timely manner.
LMAO! and getting harassed by four-wheels and the cops and getting underpaid doing it.
Well you see just what can happen when Trucker’s get involved in the peace of the world.
Not only do they Carry out the tasks of deliving freight but looking out for others who are in harm’s way.
Just think how much we need to have great Trucker’s move this country in a forward WAY.
Thanks for all you do for us.
Your so right
Our job is to be the babysitter of the highways. We get paid like one. Pennies per mile and all the junk food you can eat. 😁
Nice
Wonder if one of those self driving trucks would have done the same?
People are just to embarrassed 😩 to admit to ROADRAGE .