The mayor of a small Oregon the city has been charged with tried homicide after allegedly capturing at a automobile wearing youngsters all over a street rage incident.
Dowen Jones, the 47-year-old mayor of Rufus, was once arrested Tuesday.
A circle of relatives of 4 that incorporated two youngsters, ages 5 and eight, had been touring on Freeway 281 close to Parkdale Monday morning and “following in the back of an SUV that was once using inconsistently,” the Hood River County Sheriff’s Place of job mentioned in a observation.
The SUV, pushed by means of Jones, pulled over and the circle of relatives slowed all the way down to get a automobile description.
“Because the circle of relatives handed the suspect automobile, a male matter stepped out of the passenger aspect and fired a couple of rounds from a handgun on the passing circle of relatives,” the observation mentioned.
Jones allegedly struck the automobile, however no person was once injured. Police known and arrested him the next day to come.
Jones, elected mayor of the not up to 300-person the city in 2018, was once charged with one rely of tried homicide and 4 counts of tried attack.