A Ringgold man has been charged in the Dec. 29 shooting that injured a truck driver on Interstate 75, Catoosa County Sheriff Phil Summers says.
In a news release, the sheriff said Alexander Cole Butler of 238 Hickory Ridge Trail, was charged with aggravated assault, criminal damage to property, and False Statements
and making false statements.
Sheriff Summers said the weapon a .40 caliber handgun, was among a group of weapons stolen earlier in a burglary. He said Mr. Butler also has been charged with three counts of burglary and theft by receiving stolen property.
A bullet struck truck driver George Francis McKeever of Floral City, Fla., as he drove past the Battlefield Parkway exit.
Sheriff Summers called the shooting an isolated incident.