Authorities are searching for a gunman behind a road-rage shooting on Interstate 595 in Davie last week that left a woman hospitalized.
The incident happened shortly before 8 p.m. Friday in the westbound lanes of I-595 near Hiatus Road.
In a news release Monday, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said the incident happened when a black pickup truck approached a Ford Escape from behind at a high rate of speed.
The Escape, which was in the far left lane, attempted to allow the truck to pass and the truck eventually got in front of the Escape.
The driver of the truck got in front of the Escape and suddenly braked, then the truck got to the left of the Escape and someone inside opened fire, officials said.
A passenger in the Escape, who wanted to be identified as R, was struck by the gunfire as the truck sped away.
“Next thing I know, I just hear ringing and banging in my head,” she told NBC6 on Monday. “It hit me in the side on my temple.”
“I’m actually on 595, there was a black Dodge Ram, just shot at me and my wife, and she’s bleeding,” her husband said in a 911 call from the incident released Monday.
She was taken to Broward Health Medical Center where she was treated and later released.
“He prayed us down like he was hunting an animal or something,” R said. “I just look at it as a second chance in life that God has given me.”
Detectives are searching for the truck and the shooter and announced a $5,000 reward was being offered for information leading to an arrest.
“This is a very disturbing case and detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Unit are looking for help from the public, any information they might have to help them find the person responsible for this apparent road-rage shooting,” BSO spokesman Carey Codd said.
Anyone with info is asked to call BSO at 954-321-4888. R’s family has started a GoFundMe to help with her medical expenses.
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