Man charged after shooting at truck during road rage incident in North Knox County, court docs say

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A Knox County man has been charged after he allegedly shot at a truck after getting off of I-75 on Wednesday.

According to court records obtained by WVLT News, officers responded to a reported road rage incident involving a firearm in the area of Callahan Drive and Old Callahan Drive just after 4:30 p.m.

While heading to the scene, officers found a red Jeep matching the suspect vehicle description and pulled it over in the 1300 block of Callahan Drive.

There, officers spoke with 67-year-old Charles Williams, of Mascot, who said there was a road rage incident involving himself and a Dodge Ram on I-75. He said the truck had been tailgating him but never hit his car.

Court records said Williams told police that after getting off the interstate, the driver of the truck threw an object later identified to be a tape measure at Williams’ car window. After this, Williams followed the truck to the intersection of Callahan Drive and Old Callahan Drive, got out of his car, pulled out a gun and fired one round at the truck. The truck then sped away down Old Callahan Drive.

Williams was taken into custody and charged with felony reckless endangerment involving a deadly weapon.