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SHENANGO TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is charged with shooting at a car that had a 5-year-old girl inside during an act of road rage on Friday.
Joseph Virella Acevedo, 40, is charged in the incident.
A woman told police that a white Kia was aggressively following her on Route 422.
The complaint alleges that the Kia pulled up beside her at an intersection before Acevedo got out and fired a shot at her car, hitting a rear wheel.
Police found a shell casing that led them to Acevedo’s vehicle at his workplace in Adams Township.
Acevedo was arrested on Tuesday morning.
Acevedo allegedly told police the shooting was in self-defense.
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