CENTERVILLE — A 51-year-old man has been formally charged after police said he shot at a man during a road rage incident.
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Christopher Tesarz was indicted by a Montgomery County Grand Jury on a charge of felonious assault with a deadly weapon.
As News Center 7 previously reported, the shooting happened after 7 a.m. on Oct. 9 in Centerville off WestPark Road.
Police told News Center 7’s Malik Patterson there was a total of three shots, with two hitting the victim’s truck and one hitting a nearby business.
Both callers called 911 to tell their side of what happened.
“This guy was doing 10 miles an hour, so I went to go around him, and then he wouldn’t let me pass, and then followed me into my work and then fired shots at me,” one of the drivers told dispatchers.
While the other driver explained his side to dispatchers.
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“I just had somebody try to run me over, and I fired shots at him,” he told dispatchers.
He said the man tried to pass him in a school zone.
“He got into the center lane, tried to pass me, and then stopped,” the man said. “He put his truck in reverse, and tried to hit me, and I fired two shots at him.”
Tesarz is not in custody and is due next in court on Nov. 4.
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