A graduate student is accused of shooting and injuring a driver during a road rage incident, but his attorney says he’s innocent and they have evidence to prove it.
The family of 32-year-old Ladavious McNair still can’t believe the accusation.
McNair is pursuing a PhD at Clark Atlanta University.
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But instead of writing papers and studying for exams, the Army veteran is stuck behind bars.
He was denied bond after Atlanta police arrested and charged him earlier this month in connection to a 2023 shooting.
The shooting victim told police that he and McNair were involved in a minor accident.
He told police that when they stopped at Metropolitan Parkway and Ralph David Boulevard, McNair got out of his car, pistol-whipped him, and then shot him in the leg.
McNair’s attorney, Marsha Mignott, denies those allegations.
She said there’s no way McNair could have been involved because when the shooting happened he was about a mile away, sitting in a class at Clark Atlanta University.