A North Carolina road accident turned deadly when a 75-year-old man fatally shot another man Saturday night. According to witnesses, Terrell Eugene Giddens allegedly shot 40-year-old Jeffrey Michael Guida with a shotgun after the two men stopped and got out of their vehicles during an argument. New York Post reported.
Giddens also reportedly fired at Mr. Guida’s car, which was carrying Guida’s three children, ages 13, 11 and 2. Fortunately, the children were unharmed, as confirmed by the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office.
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“It certainly could have been worse if the kids were injured or killed,” Capt. Aaron Turk of the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office told WBTV.
Giddens was arrested and now faces charges of murder and three counts of attempted first degree murder. Witnesses said the altercation happened at the intersection of Island Point Road and North View Harbor Drive in Catawba, North Carolina, about an hour outside of Charlotte.
When deputies arrived at the scene around 5 p.m., they found Mr. Guida dead, but Giddens was not present. Investigators used witness accounts and a description of Giddens and his vehicle to locate him at his home on Island Point Road, where he was taken into custody.
Friends and family have since created a small memorial for Mr. Guida at the site where he was killed.
“It’s unbelievable, isn’t it? That something like this could happen right here in my neighborhood,” neighbor Dennis Couch told WBTV.
