Jeff StylesChattanooga radio host Jeff Styles is on leave from the radio station he works for after his alleged involvement in a road rage fight earlier this month that ended with another man shooting Styles in the arm.
In a statement released Monday, management at the radio station, WGOW, confirmed Styles will be off the air while an internal investigation is conducted. He was placed on leave by officials with Cumulus Media, WGOW’s parent company. In the meantime, a replacement will fill his time slot.
“Gary Mac has filled in for Styles in the past and did so last week and he will continue to do so,” WGOW officials said Monday. “He has other obligations, however, for the next two weeks and afternoon host Brian Joyce will be hosting ‘The Morning Press’ along with Jim Reynolds.”
The Times Free Press previously reported that court documents show Chattanooga police responded on June 15 to the intersection of Highway 153 and Grubb Road and found Styles with a gunshot wound to his right arm.
Styles told police he and Bullington had gotten into a confrontation on Highway 27 shortly before the incident on Highway 153. When he reached the intersection of Grubb Road, he stopped at a red light and saw Bullington in a car behind him, he said in the statement.