Man to spend nearly 20 years in prison for shooting Henrico driver in ‘road rage’ incident
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A man will spend nearly two decades in prison after he shot a Henrico County driver during a "road rage" incident in late 2024, putting that driver in the hospital for months.
On Nov. 24, 2024, then-40-year-old Calvin W. Carter, Jr. of Henrico was shot while driving on Interstate 64 in Richmond. The shooting left him in critical condition.
As a result of his injuries, Carter spent months in the hospital and had portions of some organs removed.
The man who shot him, 28-year-old Jerrell Hill of Henrico, has been sentenced in connection with this crime, per a Friday, Oct. 10 press release from the Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.
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On the day of the shooting, Carter and an unidentified driver were moving northbound on Interstate 95 when the unidentified driver began driving aggressively, according to the office.
As the two vehicles merged onto I-64 at the Bryant Park interchange, Hill -- who was a passenger in the unidentified driver's vehicle -- shot at Carter's vehicle five times, causing Carter to crash.
Witnesses gave 911 operators the license plate of the vehicle Hill was riding in, allowing law enforcement from both Virginia State Police and the Henrico County Police Division to find and arrest Hill the day after the shooting, on Nov. 25, 2024.
Investigators found the firearm Hill used in the shooting at an apartment linked to that license plate, the office said. They also swabbed gunshot residue from Hill's hand.
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"VSP Special Agent T. Miller was the lead investigator, handled multiple crime scenes and managed more than 20 witnesses necessary for the successful prosecution of this case," the office said in the release.
Though Virginia State Police initially reported that Hill faced charges unrelated to the shooting, the charges he ultimately pleaded guilty to were aggravated malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
His total sentence for both charges was 43 years -- however, 25 of those years were suspended. This means Hill's sentence is effectively only 18 years.
