A Meridian man says his life has been upended after the truck he loaned to a former employee became part of a murder investigation tied to a deadly road rage shooting earlier this year.
Matthew Gatlin, a U.S. Navy veteran and general contractor who has lived in Meridian for years, says he loaned his 2023 Toyota Tundra to a former employee on Jan. 25 so the man could move furniture into an apartment.
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That former employee, Jacob Streat, is now charged with second-degree murder in connection with a shooting outside a McDonald’s in Meridian that left one person dead…