{"id":3581,"date":"2021-11-16T02:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/ride-service-driver-shot-in-road-rage-incident\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T02:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:17:55","slug":"ride-service-driver-shot-in-road-rage-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/ride-service-driver-shot-in-road-rage-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride service driver shot in road rage incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>A Columbia man arrested Friday morning is accused of shooting a ride service driver he followed after a road rage incident in a hotel parking lot.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div>Kenneth Lewis Trogdon, 36, is charged with attempted murder, shooting into a vehicle and other gun charges, according to arrest warrants.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div>&ldquo;Based on what the ride service driver told detectives, he and Trogdon almost crashed into each other in the hotel parking lot about 1 a.m. Friday,&rdquo; Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. &ldquo;Trogdon then followed the ride service driver around the Bush River Road area and eventually shot and hit the driver in the arm. The shooting victim then drove to a gas station and called for help.&rdquo;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div>Deputies later found Trogdon&rsquo;s car at a hotel on Zimalcrest Drive while patrolling the area, according to Koon.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div>&ldquo;The ride service driver had Trogdon&rsquo;s car following him on dashcam video,&rdquo; Koon said. &ldquo;You can also hear gunshots on the video.&rdquo;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div>Deputies arrested Trogdon and transported him to the Lexington County Detention Center.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div>The ride service driver was treated and released from the hospital Friday morning, according to investigators.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Columbia man arrested Friday morning is accused of shooting a ride service driver he followed after a road rage incident in a hotel parking lot. &nbsp; Kenneth Lewis Trogdon, 36, is charged with attempted murder, shooting into a vehicle and other gun charges, according to arrest warrants. &nbsp; &ldquo;Based<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/ride-service-driver-shot-in-road-rage-incident\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[80],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-public-safety","tag-crime"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kenneth-Lewis-Trogdon_2021_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}