Road-rage shooting on I-80/94 in NW Indiana leaves 1 dead, 1 in custody

LAKE STATION, Ind. - One person was killed in a road-rage shooting on Interstate 80/94 Wednesday morning in northwest Indiana.

Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash around 4 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-80/94 near Ripley Street, according to Indiana State Police (ISP) Sgt. Glen Fifield.

Upon arrival, they found the driver of the vehicle dead from an apparent gunshot wound. The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 55-year-old Mark Brant of Chesterton, Indiana. His death has been ruled a homicide.

While police were investigating the crash, a driver in another vehicle called police to tell them he was involved in a road-rage incident with another car on I-80/94, according to ISP.

The driver pulled over on I-65 near 61st Avenue and was later taken into custody by state troopers. He is being considered a suspect in the road rage incident, Fifield said. 

Police say the road-rage argument may have stemmed from a loud muffler and that the victim and the alleged shooter are neighbors.

The driver is being held at the Lake County Jail on a probable cause hold.

"I feel sorry for him and especially if it's a neighbor, that's insane," said Bob Schroedar, Brant's neighbor.

All lanes of I-80/94 were reopened at 8 a.m. No further information was provided.