FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A 43-year-old Fairbanks man was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder and felony assault after a traffic crash and shooting.
David Cagwin is jailed at Fairbanks Correctional Center. Court records do not list his attorney.
Troopers say a motorist stopped Wednesday afternoon on Van Horn Road in south Fairbanks to offer a pedestrian a ride when Cagwin appeared in a pickup.
Troopers say Cagwin drove at the pedestrian, sideswiped the stopped car, got out of the pickup and fired shots from a .45-caliber handgun at the pedestrian.
No one was hit but a bullet struck a trailer across the road.
The pedestrian fled in a passing vehicle. Cagwin and two passengers left on foot.
Troopers detained Cagwin nearby and recovered a handgun.
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