Crime & Safety

Pelham Road Rage Incident Leads To Arrests

Two suspects were taken into custody following a road rage incident that occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate-65 on Monday.

PELHAM, AL - A man and a woman were taken into custody Monday following a road rage incident that occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate-65. Chuncey Earl Wilson, 22, was charged with shooting into an unoccupied vehicle and distribution of dangerous drugs after he allegedly stood up through the sunroof of a vehicle and fired two shots at a victim. Marybeth Flack, 22, who was the driver of the suspect’s vehicle, was also arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana in the second degree.

According to a statement from the Pelham Police Department, Officers later stopped the suspect’s vehicle at the 2300 block of Pelham Parkway, and allegedly discovered a handgun and 47 ecstasy tablets on Wilson’s person. More ecstasy tablets and marijuana were discovered inside the vehicle. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Birmingham Patch morning newsletter.)

Both suspects are currently being held at the Shelby County Jail.

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