BRAINTREE, MASS. (WHDH) - State police are investigating after a driver was grazed by either a bullet or shrapnel after a shot was fired during an apparent road rage incident in Braintree on Wednesday, officials said.
Troopers responding to a report of a car struck by a bullet on Interstate 93 southbound around 3 p.m. determined an apparent road rage incident involving two vehicles took place on the northbound side of the highway and that an occupant in one of the vehicles fired a shot that hit a southbound vehicle, according to state police.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck by the bullet suffered a minor injury and refused medical transport.
Police said the victim was not involved in the road rage incident and is not believed to be the shooter’s intended target.
No additional information was immediately available.
Anyone with information is asked to call state police.
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