MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands of us use the interstate around the Memphis area for work or leisure. One Memphis man told FOX13 his trip on I-40 could have killed him after someone fired paintballs at his car near Chelsea Avenue.
His mother, Michelle Truelove, has heard about all the interstate shootings that plagued Memphis and feared her son was going to be the latest victim. Instead of a firearm shooting bullets, it was a paint gun firing paintballs.
Truelove told FOX13 her son saw the gun.
“He saw it. Knew he was in trouble, and they started firing,” she said.
Truelove said if it was meant to be a joke, she’s not laughing.
Truelove sent FOX13 pictures of the car dotted with paint. We counted at least 20 times where paintballs hit Truelove’s SUV.
“Terrified. Absolutely terrified. He had no idea it was a paint gun,” said Truelove as she described her son’s reaction.
The car is washed clean now but not the memory stain of Monday night. The front end has damage from when the SUV brushed against the median to avoid the car firing paintballs at him. Truelove’s son told his mother that a tractor-trailer actually got between his car and the one shooting at him to protect him and stop an accident.
Interstate shootings plagued Memphis in 2020 as Memphis Police investigated 83 of them last year. This year MPD has already reported at least 32. Truelove said this case ought to be added to the list.
“Here am I getting a call from my son regarding a car and a gun. And I was terrified, absolutely terrified that something had happened to him. Really bad,” said Truelove.
Her son didn’t want to be on camera but told FOX 13 he’s still shaken and that at one point, he had to drive with his head down because the person was firing at the passenger side window.
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