KAYSVILLE, Utah — One person is in custody after a road rage incident that began on Interstate 15 on Monday afternoon ended with a shooting near Kaysville.
Utah Highway Patrol officials said two vehicles were driving southbound on I-15 at around 3 p.m. when the confrontation on the highway begin.
The driver of a Hyundai, named Shaile, says she and her boyfriend had passed a Honda CRV after they say it was going significantly slower than the speed limit. Shaile said that's when the driver of the Honda began to tailgate them.
She says she tapped on her brakes before seeing the driver ducking down on their side of the Honda. Before Shaile said he exited the lane, shots rang out.
"All of sudden I just hear gunshots, five on to my car," said Shaile.
"When the shots started coming in the car, I just braced and turned my body," added Shaile's boyfriend, Michael Carnahan.
Believing a rock or some kind of tool had hit their car, the couple pulled over and called UHP.
"It wasn't even until I parked and had a moment to breathe that I realized that they were actual bullets," explained Shaile.
Farmington Police were the first to locate the suspects' vehicle and followed them off the highway and onto Parrish Lane in Centerville. Within a matter of minutes, 20 officers and their vehicles converged on the area here behind a Maverik.
"Started calling the driver, all the passengers out. There was three in there; three males and they all complied, got out very quickly and we are now screening the charges possibly aggravated assault and reckless driving," said Sgt. Rick Shrader with the Utah Highway Patrol.
Officials were able to find the CO2 gun in the Honda.
"There's times people misconstrue that this is not a weapon just because it's air powered, but it can cause a lot of damage, injuries, regardless," said Shrader.
Luckily, in this instance, no one was hurt.
"It was a pretty terrifying moment for sure," shared Carnahan.
It's a moment the couple is still trying to process, especially Shaile.
"It hits home for me, because that one right there, that's my son seat and he's six and that's where he would be, I didn't, I don't have him today, Thank God."
