Sheriff: Michigan driver fires 9mm gun at tailgater
By Associated Press
Friday, February 23, 2007 - Updated: 05:38 PM EST
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A woman who told authorities she was fed up
with tailgaters pulled out a gun and shot at the tires of a pickup that
got too close, police said.
Officials believe the bullet missed the pickup, and no one was hurt.
Bernadette Headd, 39, was in rush-hour traffic Wednesday in suburban
Detroit when the pickup pulled behind her, police said.
Headd changed lanes and fired one round from a 9 mm handgun, police said.
The driver followed her and flagged down a deputy, who stopped her and
found the weapon.
"She said she was tired of people tailgating her," Macomb
County Sheriff Mark Hackel said.
Headd, who had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm from a vehicle and
use of a firearm during a felony.
She was ordered held on $50,000 bond.
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