Drivers heading east on the Turner Turnpike toward Luther hit a wall of flashing lights early Thursday morning, as troopers shut the highway down for hours while they investigated a semi-trailer cab with its side window blown out. No injuries were reported.
The eastbound lanes heading into Luther stayed closed for hours during the overnight investigation before finally reopening. KOCO reported a road-rage shooting in which someone driving an SUV fired shots at the semi, shattering a window.
The Search for the SUV Driver
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was searching for the person driving the SUV, who had not been identified.
Oklahoma law treats pointing a firearm at another person as a felony, with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. Any charge in this case would depend on investigators’ findings and prosecutors’ decisions, and no suspect has been identified. The state’s firearm-pointing statute provides the legal background, not a determination of what happened in this incident…