A Phelps man has been arrested after state police investigated a road rage shooting that injured a woman in Wayne County.
State police said the incident happened around 8:53 p.m. June 17 after the victims left a business in the village of Newark and were traveling west on State Route 31.
The victims told troopers they were followed by another vehicle, which continued following them onto Whitbeck Road and Stebbins Road.
Police said a single gunshot was fired through the victims' vehicle. The projectile shattered the rear windshield, passed through the passenger compartment, grazed the driver's headrest and exited through the front windshield.
The driver, a woman, suffered a laceration to her right forearm and was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Members of the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Troop E Forensic Identification Unit and K9 Unit assisted in the investigation.
Troopers identified Benjamin Q. Lead, 32, of Phelps, as the suspect.
On June 18, state police executed search warrants at residences in the village and town of Phelps. Investigators recovered a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield .40-caliber pistol, ammunition and additional evidence, according to troopers.
Lead surrendered to investigators June 30 and was charged with first-degree criminal use of a firearm, attempted first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
He was processed at the state police barracks in Williamson and taken to the Wayne County Jail for arraignment.
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