One Driver Packed a Slurpee, Another a Gun in Road Rage: Police

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A Macomb County woman faces life in prison after she allegedly shot at another motorist who reportedly threw a Slurpee cup at her in an altercation over her driving.

India Marchea McDougal, 36, who has a concealed pistol license, allegedly fired a single shot at the other motorist near the intersection of Reimold and Crocker in Harrison Township around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to media reports.

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McDougal claimed the other driver approached her vehicle, but video surveillance footage showed the other driver, later identified as a 40 year-old Warren man, remained on the driver’s side of his vehicle while he confronted McDougal at a red light.

McDougal claimed she fired the single shot because she was “scared for her life,” police said.

The other driver wasn’t injured, but police recovered a single bullet from the arm-rest of his Chevy pickup, which sustained a shattered window.

McDougal called police from a convenience store on Harper in Clinton Township, where she was arrested. She was charged with intent to murder, felony firearm and possession of a controlled substance (less than 25 grams) in her video arraignment in 41B District Court Wednesday.

She was ordered held on $750,000 bond and is due back in court on Oct. 26.

The driver who threw the Slurpee faces several misdemeanor charges, police said.

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