Arrest Made in I-575 Road Rage Shooting

Editor’s note: this story has been updated.

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Woodstock, GA -- Woodstock police have arrested the man accused of shooting inside the vehicle of a father and son as they were parked on an Interstate 575 entrance ramp.

Woodstock resident Matthew Kennedy, 29, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated battery, police said Friday afternoon.

Officers with the Woodstock Police Department responded around 9:25 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7 to a person shot call in the vicinity of the northbound entrance ramp of I-575 at Ridgewalk Parkway.

The victim called 911 after traveling to the Exit 20 interchange -- Riverstone Parkway -- in Canton where he pulled over.

The victim told police he was leaving RaceTrac on Ridgewalk Parkway when a vehicle ”was following him closely behind,” said Woodstock police spokesperson Brittany Duncan.

The motorist pulled over at the top of the entrance, and Kennedy allegedly “pulled up next to him, fired one shot into the driver side door, striking the victim in the arm before driving off,” Duncan added.

The victim’s teenage son was in the vehicle at the time of the shooting, but he was not hurt in the incident. Duncan said the shooting victim was transported to an area hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Cherokee Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker said Kennedy remains at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center with a $38,400 bond.

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