AVON 鈥� Deputies responding to an apparent road rage shooting found a man with a gunshot wound on the tip of his nose.
A driver on westbound Interstate 94 reported Tuesday evening to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office Emergency Communications Center that another westbound driver had fired a gun at his vehicle.
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The caller then told dispatchers he would continue to his residence a short distance away, according to a news release from the Stearns County Sheriff鈥檚 Office. When deputies arrived at the caller's residence, they found he had a gunshot wound on the tip of his nose.
The 911 call about the shooting was made at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday from a location near mile marker 154 in Avon Township between St. Joseph and Avon. The caller said the shooting vehicle had continued westbound.
Deputies located the shooting vehicle, a 2010 black Ford Escape, near the westbound Melrose exit, where they performed a stop and detained the driver. The driver was identified as a 23-year-old man from Inkster, Michigan.
The Sheriff鈥檚 Office said in the release that the investigation determined that a road rage incident took place between the suspect and the caller, who was driving a 2012 gray Volkswagen GTI, while both vehicles were traveling westbound on I-94.
At one point during the incident, the suspect allegedly fired a handgun, striking the caller.
The suspect was booked into the Stearns County Jail on charges of second degree-assault, according to the release.
The Stearns County Sheriff鈥檚 Office was assisted by the Melrose Police Department and the Sauk Centre Police Department.
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The investigation is ongoing, and the Sheriff鈥檚 Office is asking anyone who may have witnessed the event to call 320-259-3700 .
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