NEWTON COUNTY, Texas — One person was shot and airlifted to a Beaumont hospital after a road rage incident between two ATV drivers in Newton County Saturday afternoon.
A 911 caller reported a shooting at the Sabine ATV Park in Burkeville to the Newton County Sheriff's Office about 1:42 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.
Witnesses said an ATV driver passed another ATV in an unsafe manner, sparking a road rage incident, Newton County Sheriff Billy Rowles said in a news release.
During the argument, someone fired a gun and hit a man. First responders called for the man to be airlifted to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
The man who was shot is in stable condition and undergoing surgery as of 7:40 p.m. Saturday. The shooter also went to a local hospital in a privately owned car.
No names are being released at this time due to the ongoing investigation, Rowles said.
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