A Roanoke County jury found a Martinsburg, West Virginia man guilty on charges related to a shooting along Interstate 81 in Roanoke County in Sept. 2022, according to Virginia State Police.
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As we’ve previously reported, the shooting took place on Sept. 11 2022 on Interstate 81, around 137 mile-marker. At around 6:35 p.m., Jones was driving a green Harley-Davidson motorcycle when he pulled up alongside a Chevrolet pickup truck and fired several rounds at the truck.
The driver of the truck, a man from Virginia, was shot and transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Tyler J. Jones, 29, was found guilty on Thursday of the following:
- Shooting into an occupied vehicle
- Attempted malicious wounding
- Aggravated malicious wounding
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
Jones was arrested and charged on Jan. 1, 2023.