A driving dispute that began on a county road ended in a fatal shooting on May 9, 2017, in Roanoke County, Virginia. Police responded about 3:16 p.m. to a two-vehicle crash on Newport Road, just off Catawba Valley Drive, and found 40-year-old Jonathan Dewayne Hutchinson of New Castle unresponsive; emergency crews discovered he had been shot. He was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and later pronounced deceased.

Roanoke County detectives say the confrontation started when Hutchinson chased another car from Craig County into Roanoke County and followed it down Catawba Valley Drive until the other vehicle turned onto Newport Road. After Hutchinson’s vehicle crashed, he exited and confronted the occupants of the other car; during that altercation a shot was fired that killed him. Police reported speaking to all parties and described Hutchinson as the aggressor in their initial findings. No arrests had been announced and the investigation remained active.

If anyone witnessed the chase or the confrontation on Newport Road, did you see what happened before the crash or who fired the shot?