Motorcylist shot in road rage - TN.

[davidhollinger]

Wow, people are crazy...


A Tennessee man is charged with two counts of attempted murder for allegedly shooting a motorcyclist several times and backing his SUV into another — after almost hitting them as they exited an interstate.

Rodney Lee Scott was jailed on a $1 million bond, the Knoxville County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Tuesday. Sheriff's spokeswoman Martha Dooley said she did not know if Scott had a lawyer.

Monday's confrontation took place on the same street where Scott was charged with stopping a car and assaulting a passenger in 2002, according to police records.

When the motorcyclists began waving their arms after Scott nearly hit them, first he made obscene gestures, then stopped his SUV in the street and backed into one of them, knocking him over, the police statement said. He was charged with fleeing the scene.

A witness stopped to help, and the three followed Scott to his house and called police, the statement said. While they were waiting in the street for police to arrive, neighbors told deputies that Scott, who is white, shouted racial slurs at the motorcyclists, one of whom is black. Scott then went into his garage and came out shooting at the men with a gun in each hand, the police statement said.

The sheriff's department says Scott struck Tyler Lakin three times in the back and once in the wrist and continued firing at him as he lay in the road. Lakin was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition Tuesday afternoon.

Scott also is charged with attempted assault and leaving the scene of an accident. Other charges are pending the outcome of blood-alcohol tests.

The charges against Scott in 2002 were dismissed after he successfully completed probation, according to records from the sheriff's office.

[Sin City Stan]

There would have been return fire. Just say'in.

[davidhollinger]

Agreed, but I also would not be waiting outside a maniac's house. Maybe down the road a piece to show the cops the house but out front...? Stupid.

[Sin City Stan]

Originally Posted by davidhollinger

Agreed, but I also would not be waiting outside a maniac's house. Maybe down the road a piece to show the cops the house but out front...? Stupid.

Can't argue that logic.

[cnc]

Hope he does big time in prison, where his peers will be happy to teach him anger management.

[HwyRider]

He'll end up joining the Aryan Nation in jail.

[GIBBY]

Maybe he will get a nice cell with a view and a roommate that belongs to the PMB's (Prison Motorcycle Brotherhood)

[glwilson]

I assume this idiot will see a long sentence.

I have to agree with David though... it was stupid of them to hang outside his house.

He might try use the case that he feared for his life.

[cactusjack]

Shot him in the back? That's usually not a defensible argument for self-protection.

...and some of you can't understand why some of us are armed when we ride.

[davidhollinger]

Always armed these days...or its REAL close to me. For these kind of idiots.... but yeah, who goes right up to the guy's house and stakes it out?

[glwilson]

Originally Posted by davidhollinger

Always armed these days...or its REAL close to me. For these kind of idiots.... but yeah, who goes right up to the guy's house and stakes it out?

Someone doing that has allowed their rage to over-rule their common sense.

[Top Cat]

attempted assault charge ?
Should be attempted murder charge

[ringadingh]

Originally Posted by Top Cat

attempted assault charge ?
Should be attempted murder charge

Thats what it would be here.

[ringadingh]

That guy sounds like a real loose cannon, I'm surprised that he is allowed to own a gun at all. I think he got himself in a heap of trouble this time.

[Cajunrider]

The least sentence he would get here would be 50 years at hard labor on "The Farm".