Busy street linking Garden City and Boise reopens after road rage shooting
A busy Garden City roadway has reopened following a police investigation into a road rage incident near the Expo Idaho grounds.
The victim told police that he was driving an SUV north on North Glenwood Street when someone on a racing motorcycle displayed a handgun, according to a Garden City Police Department news release.
Law enforcement said the motorcyclist drove dangerously between traffic to pull alongside the SUV near the Riverside Drive intersection. The SUV driver then bumped the suspect by opening his vehicle door, 'causing him to travel slightly forward and fall over,' police said.
The suspect then got up and fired his gun three times, hitting the SUV's windshield, according to police.
Officers with the Garden City and Boise police departments responded to the scene at about noon. They located one of the people involved at a nearby business and another near Glenwood and Riverside.
'This senseless incident could have ended with an innocent person being shot,' Garden City Police Chief Cory Stambaugh said in a statement. 'As the valley has grown, traffic congestion has increased. Please be patient in your travels, and if you feel you are the victim of a road rage incident, call the police.'
The police department also noted that the suspect had split lanes, an illegal maneuver in Idaho that involves a motorcycle driving along traffic lines between vehicle lanes. Glenwood is a busy street for its stretch between Chinden Boulevard in Garden City and State Street in Boise, and has two lanes of travel in each direction, with a turn lane in the center.
Law enforcement booked the suspect into the Ada County Courthouse on suspicion of felony aggravated assault. He'll face arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police temporarily asked drivers to avoid the area as they investigated, and at one point Glenwood was down to one lane going both north and south. The Boise Police Department confirmed to the Idaho Statesman that the road was fully reopen by 2:30 p.m.
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