Suspect in Tucker Target shooting Tara Moody scheduled to appear in court Thursday

Jul 13, 2017 - 14:05
Jul 13, 2017 - 14:29
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Suspect in Tucker Target shooting Tara Moody scheduled to appear in court Thursday
Tara Moody

TUCKER, Ga. - DeKalb County Police said the woman who shot a man who poured liquid on her during an alleged road rage incident in a Target parking lot Tuesday moing has been arrested

Tara Moody, 40, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with aggravated assault.

According to the police incident report, Robert Herwig and Tara Moody got into argument after Herwig tried to drive his vehicle around a Doritos truck.

The report said that Herwig got out of his car and poured liquid on Moody's car. When Moody got out of her car, Herwig allegedly poured liquid on her. That's when Moody got a gun out of her car and shot Herwig in the stomach, police said.

Herwig was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

According to the police report, the incident was caught by a surveillance camera. That footage has not been released.

 

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