Suspect in fatal road rage shooting on Pennsylvania turnpike found dead in truck

Lina PortmanJune 4, 2024

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Police have found the man they accuse of being responsible for Friday's shooting on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed a 40-year-old man, state police said Monday evening.

Police said they found the 59-year-old North Dinwiddie, Va., man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Saturday morning in the parking lot of a shopping complex on Crossings Boulevard in Caernarvon Township, W. Berks County.

Police said that during a “road rage-type incident,” the Virginia man shot a 40-year-old man from Royersford, Pennsylvania. The shooting happened on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76, between Morgantown and Bowmansville around 1:15 p.m.

The victim died Monday at Reading Hospital, the Berks County Coroner's Office reported to state police.

Eastbound lanes on I-76 were closed Friday shortly after 2:30 p.m., according to PennDOT. Credit: PennDOT

Police said after the shooting they identified a white tractor-trailer as the vehicle of interest in the homicide. The tractor-trailer was found Saturday morning, police said.

Neither the shooter nor his victim have been identified, police said.

State Police are asking anyone with information related to road rage, suspicious activity or erratic driving involving a white flatbed truck or white tractor-trailer traveling on I-76 between 12:45 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. Friday to call state police in Lancaster at (717) 299-7650.