Gunfire hits St. Louis County councilman's car; no injuries
April 17, 2021
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FRONTENAC, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis councilman's car was fired upon in what police are describing as a possible case of road rage.
Ernie Trakas, a Republican, said in a tweet that he wasn’t hurt in the Friday afternoon shooting on Interstate 64 in Frontenac.
But police said the rear hatch of his vehicle was hit at least once when the driver of a small, dark gray SUV opened fire. No one else was in the vehicle with Trakas at the time, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
“Today reminded me that violence impacts everyone in our region,” said Trakas, a 70-year-old Oakville attorney who was reelected in November to a second four-year term representing a broad swath of unincorporated south county.