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Published: 2012-06-18 10:14:44
Updated: 2012-06-18 10:14:44

Posted: June 18, 2012

Fayetteville man accused of firing at passing trucker

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Fayetteville, N.C. — A Fayetteville man shot into a passing truck last May and tried to kill the driver, Cumberland County detectives said Monday.

Investigators said that Michael Anthony Lee, 49, stood in his garage at 3136 Custer Ave. and fired a rifle at a truck passing by around 6 a.m. May 28.

The truck driver, Morris Taylor, 38, of Fayetteville, said that he thought one of his tires had blown out, so he stopped. When he got out of the truck, he heard another gunshot and saw a man firing at him. Taylor ran into nearby woods for safety as the man kept firing at him.

Lee was arrested Monday on an attempted first-degree murder charge and four counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.

He was given a $35,000 bond and placed in the Cumberland County Detention Center. His first court appearance was set for July 2.

  • Web Editor: Anne Johnson
Copyright 2012 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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They should do a good ol fashioned convot by his house while he is out on bail. If he makes bail
Click to view my profile Steve Mchugelarge
June 19, 2012 1:25 p.m.
Semi truck drivers are always disregarding the public's safety, I am shocked that this does not happen more. Maybee you need to get up off tail and ride around with a truck driver and then you would have more respect for them. Trucks move everything.
Big D 87
June 19, 2012 12:44 p.m.
Why so long to arrest him?
Click to view my profile Sherlock
June 18, 2012 4:38 p.m.
Was the truck really loud or something? I see that it passed by at 6 am. Maybe he was tired of it rumbling by every morning or something. Not that it makes it right to shoot at the driver, of course.
Click to view my profile sammyg
June 18, 2012 4:36 p.m.
"He was just exercising his "Stand your Garage" rights. bigal02282"

Exactly, this is the new "Make My Day" law in full effect.
Click to view my profile piene2
June 18, 2012 4:03 p.m.
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