Taunton Man Charged With Hitting Car, Shooting Several Times At Driver
TAUNTON (CBS) – A man who hit a car and then shot at the driver in Taunton is under arrest, police said.
A woman called 911 just before 10 p.m. Saturday telling police someone had rear-ended her car on Oak Street then started shooting at her. She was not hurt, but there were several bullet holes in the back of her sedan.
"The sound of the gunshots was really loud. We knew they were gunshots when we heard them. They were very clear, we were right there. And then it paused and there were more," witness Heide DaSilva told WBZ-TV Sunday. "This is a very quiet neighborhood, a lot of kids around. You know it's very scary to find out there was a shooting right in your neighborhood."
Officers found the woman and her car in the parking lot of a Webster Bank. The car that hit her vehicle was found across the street in the Bloom Bus Terminal parking lot.
"The street was covered with troopers and town cops and they were going through our yard looking through the bushes. I was like, 'What's going on?' they said they were looking for a gun that was involved in the shooting," resident Brian Green told WBZ.
Jean Snow, who also lives in the neighborhood, thought the gunfire was fireworks, until she saw the sirens.
"After supposedly they got the guy, they were walking up and down the street with their flashlights looking. They were in the yard, they were here until like midnight looking," she said.
Police arrested a 25-year-old man from Taunton and charged him with assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
They did not release his name. Officers told WPRI-TV he knew the victim and this was a targeted attack.
"We believe there's no danger to the public right now," Lt. Eric Nichols told the station.
The man will be arraigned Monday in Taunton District Court.
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.
