Crime & Safety
Suspect Fired Shots Into His Own Vehicle In Shopping Mall Parking Lot: Police
The 28-year-old Garnerville resident was found standing next to his vehicle, with a shotgun nearby, according to Haverstraw police.
GARNERVILLE, NY — Road rage was aimed in a surprising direction, according to police in Rockland County.
The Haverstraw Police Department says that on Thursday, around 6:20 p.m., officers responded to the Mobil gas station on Route 202, in Garnerville, after receiving reports of shots fired.
At the scene, police report finding 28-year-old Capernicus Yodweyone, of Garnerville, standing next to a vehicle in the parking lot of the Foremost Shopping Center, in close proximity to a shotgun.
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Cops say he fired multiple rounds from the shotgun into the unoccupied vehicle he had been driving.
Police recovered the weapon and arrested Yodweyone.
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After being taken to the Haverstraw Police Department, he was charged with felony first-degree reckless endangerment. Yodweyone remains in custody awaiting arraignment.
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