Knoll says the incident occurred around 5:30 Monday evening after police received a 911 call that a 28-year old man was shot at on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard by someone driving a dark colored Dodge Ram pickup truck. The man then followed the vehicle until he was told by dispatchers to stop.
According to the report, officers located the vehicle a short time later on Kraft Street and found a 45 caliber handgun, which had been fired, in the truck's floorboard. Police also found a bullet hole in the rear license plate of the victim's vehicle, along with a bullet hole in hood of the truck Coats' was driving, which officers most likely occurred during the discharge of the handgun at the victim's vehicle. In addition, a baggy with marijuana was found inside the truck.
Knoll says the reason for the road rage was not clearly established, other than Coats being in a rush.
Coats was lodged in the Montgomery County Jail on a $101,000 bond.
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