A man accused of shooting a driver during an August road-rage incident on Interstate 277 was arrested in Richland County this week and denied bond, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said.
John Andrew Dalton Pruitt, 21 was charged Tuesday with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He was already out on bond for several other 2026 arrests, including charges of domestic violence, assault and aggravated breach of peace, according to a news release.
Deputies responded to a Columbia-area hospital about 5:30 a.m. Aug. 27 after a man arrived with a gunshot wound to his lower body, the release said. The victim told investigators he was driving north on I-277 between Parklane Road and Farrow Road when two motorcycles surrounded his vehicle…