HIDDENITE, N.C. — A man was arrested after a road rage incident spilled over into a bank parking lot, deputies said.
Deputies with the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office were called around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to the Taylorsville Savings Bank in Hiddenite. The 911 caller said two men had gotten into an argument in the parking lot when one man fired a pistol in the direction of the other man.
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Officers arrived to find one of the men still in the parking lot.
Investigators said the argument was the result of a road rage incident. No one was hurt, they said.
Police identified the man who shot the gun in the parking lot as Thomas Richard Smith Jr. The 74-year-old was charged with one count of assault by pointing a gun, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of going armed in the terror of the public.
Smith was given a $7,500 secured bond.
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