Sturgeon teen accused of firing gun at car during alleged Christmas Eve road rage incident
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An 18-year-old man from Sturgeon was charged on Monday after he allegedly fired two shots at a vehicle on Christmas Eve during an alleged road rage incident.
Alexander Ray was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a single count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and had a court appearance set for Monday.
The probable cause statement says law enforcement was called at 10:03 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24 for a reported road rage incident with a weapon near Highway 124 and Old Highway 124 in Boone County.
The victims alleged that someone wearing a ski mask in the rear-passenger side of a silver sedan fired two shots at them, court documents say.
The victims turned off of the road to get away from that vehicle and Centralia police eventually stopped a silver sedan about 12 minutes later, the statement says. Two people in the vehicle claimed Ray fired a pair of shots before getting out of the vehicle, court documents say.
A gun that contained eight bullets in a 10-round magazine was found underneath of the passenger seat in the vehicle, along with another bullet in the center console, the statement says.
