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Reporter Kailey Cota is a breaking news and public safety reporter for the Post & Courier's Charleston location. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.
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MOUNT PLEASANT — A man fired his gun during a Saturday afternoon road rage incident on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, narrowly missing hitting a woman driving another car.
Mount Pleasant police arrested Elijah Maestas, 21, and charged him with attempted murder on June 9 after allegedly shooting into a woman’s vehicle around 3:45 p.m. on June 8.
The charges stem from a “road rage” incident where an unnamed victim and another female passenger “flipped each other off,” according to an arrest warrant affidavit provided to The Post and Courier on June 9. Maestas reportedly shot at the victim’s vehicle while traveling northbound on the Ravenel Bridge that connects Charleston’s peninsula to Mount Pleasant.
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Officers used camera footage to identify the suspect’s vehicle and arrested Maestas around 11 p.m.
Maestas was granted a $150,000 bond on June 9.
He has no other criminal record in the tri-county area.
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- Man arrested for fatal August 2023 shooting in Ravenel
- North Charleston man arrested in September 2023 shooting death in downtown Charleston
- Coroner IDs victim in fatal hit-and-run on Cosgrove Bridge, Highway 7
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