Vicksburg man charged for shooting out car tire
Published 11:33 am Friday, May 18, 2012
A Vicksburg man accused of shooting out a tire of a moving car was in jail this morning.
Keith Edwin Craig, 23, 1414 Greenhill Road, was arrested at 2:23 p.m. Thursday following a traffic stop where he was a passenger, police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.
Craig is charged with two counts of attempted aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
He is accused of shooting out the tire of a 2000 Dodge Stratus near Crawford and Locust streets at 7:37 p.m. Monday, Stewart said.
Craig and the driver had been fighting over a woman and when the driver tried to flee, Craig pulled a gun and shot out the tire, Stewart said.
Craig was held this morning in the Issaquena County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.