Road aggression escalates into shooting on I-5 in Lane County

A Washington man was arrested Thursday in Lane County for shooting at a car while traveling on Interstate 5 at mile marker 197 south of Armitage County Park.

According to Oregon State Police, the reporting party was involved in an incident of DUI when the driver of a white Mazda SUV pulled out a firearm and fired it at the victim’s vehicle before fleeing southbound on I-5.

With the help of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, officers were able to locate the Mazda and arrest the driver, identified as Evgenii Denisov, 21.

Denisov was arraigned Friday in Lane County District Court on one count of second-degree malicious damage to property, three counts of menacing and three counts of recklessly endangering another person.

Haleigh Kochanski is a breaking news and public safety reporter for The Register-Guard. Reach her at [email protected].

This article originally appeared in the Register-Guard: Road rage leads to shooting on Interstate 5 in Lane County