REPORT: Trucker shot at by Popeyes employee at truck stop
A man turned himself in to police after shooting at a trucker at at TA truck stop and then fleeing the scene on Sunday.
The incident occurred on September 25th in Hanover County, Virginia.
According to ABC 8 News, deputies responded to the TA truck stop in Richmond after receiving reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they spoke to a man who told them that another man had fired two shots at him with a handgun while in the parking lot of the truck stop.
The trucker told police that the two men had a disagreement inside of the business before the shooting, and that the man fled the scene before police could arrive. Journalist John Burkett reports that the trucker did not return fire, and the man who shot at the driver was a Popeye’s employee.
The suspect was identified as 42-year-old Nathan Russell Bullock, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Bullock turned himself in to police on Monday, September 26th. He is being charged with attempted malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and was held at the Pamunkey Regional Jail.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office at 804-365-6140.