Drivers brake-checking each other leads to shooting in Macomb County

Pickup truck driver OK after being shot in head

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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two drivers were brake-checking each other in a road rage dispute that led to a shooting in Macomb County, police said.

The drivers of a white Ford F-150 and a black vehicle, possibly a KIA Sportage, got into an altercation at 8:40 p.m. Monday, April 28, on Groesbeck Highway near North Rose Street, officers said.

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Clinton Township police say the drivers were speeding and brake-checking each other as they traveled southbound on Groesbeck Highway.

They then went westbound on 15 Mile Road. As they were in the area of Kline Drive (near Garfield Road), the driver in the black car fired a gunshot at the F-150.

The F-150 driver was struck in the head, but wasn’t seriously hurt, according to police.

After firing the shot, the driver of the black car continued west on 15 Mile Road, police said. He was wearing a black baseball cap.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Clinton Township Detective J. Figurski at 586-493-7848.