A suspect is in custody following a road rage incident in Peoria on the morning of Nov. 7.
At approximately 8 a.m., a driver traveling near 83rd and Olive avenues called authorities to report another driver had shot at his vehicle.
The driver told Peoria police the man pulled alongside his car and yelled at him. The man then fired one round from a handgun, striking the rear passenger door of the driver’s vehicle.
The driver was uninjured and pulled off the road to call for help. The suspect fled the area and was not immediately located, according to Peoria police.
Detectives enlisted the help of Peoria SWAT to arrest the man who they identified as 49-year-old Rey D. Villegas of Phoenix.
Villegas was booked into Maricopa County jail on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of drive-by shooting, according to police.
Peoria police reminded drivers in a Facebook post about the incident to be patient on the roadways and not engage in road rage. They said if drivers find themselves in a road rage situation, they should call their local police department and drive to a public area.