Road rage leads to shooting and teen is in jail, Lexington County sheriff says

A South Carolina teenager faces multiple charges after a road rage incident escalated into a shooting, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Logan Nathanial Cason, an 18-year-old Lexington resident, was charged with three counts of first-degree battery and one count of pointing a firearm at a person, the Sheriff's Department announced in a press release Wednesday evening.

The shooting happened Tuesday evening on U.S. 378 near Lake Murray, according to the release.

“Officers interviewed a group of witnesses immediately after this occurred, which we believe began as a road rage incident,” Sheriff Jay Koon said in the release. “The witnesses all told deputies that Cason fired a handgun into the air while driving (an SUV), then pointed it at the car next to him and fired more shots of fire.”

Information about how the incident started and whether Cason knew anyone in the other car before the shooting was not available.

Beer bottles and cans were thrown from Cason's vehicle toward the other car before the shots were fired, according to Koon.

“Officers collected evidence, including several shell casings, from the road,” Koon said. “The location of these items matched information witnesses shared with deputies.”

Koon said deputies identified Cason as the shooter during their interviews with witnesses.

Officers eventually located him at a home near Lake Murray, where he was arrested and taken to the Lexington County Detention Center, the sheriff's department said.

Bail information for Cason was not available, but as of Thursday morning, he was not listed on the jail's inmate list.