State police seek witnesses, report arrest made in road rage shooting Oct. 1
Pennsylvania State Police are requesting the public’s assistance as they search for witnesses to an alleged “road rage” shooting after an incident which occurred over a month ago in Delaware County.
According to a report released to the media on Oct. 31, from the Pennsylvania State Police, Media Station, troopers were dispatched to the report of a shooting in the area of Interstate 476 in the southbound lanes near mile-marker 4.7 in Marple Township on Oct. 1 around 8:39 p.m. A victim told police he believed he was shot at by an operator in a silver Audi Q7 SUV with a Pennsylvania license plate following a “road rage dispute,” said police.
The victim and his daughter, who was also in his vehicle at the time of the incident, were not injured, police said.
“A projectile was later recovered from the rear of the victim’s vehicle, and a fired cartridge casing was recovered from the shoulder of I-476 near where the victim reported the shooting,” said Trooper Hansley Thomas, of the Media PSP.
The owner of the Audi Q7 was identified through investigative means to be Devon Malique Jones, police said. Police reported that Jones was driving the vehicle at the time of the shooting. He was arrested, according to police, on Oct. 31 by the PSP. At the time of the arrest, Jones was in possession of a firearm and ammunition matching that of the recovered fired cartridge casing.
Jones was charged with attempted homicide and related offenses in the Delaware County District Court system. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call the PSP-Troop K in Media via the Criminal Investigation Unit, attention to Trooper Thomas, at 484-840-1000.
