Road rage: Man arrested and accused of shooting at slow driver in Taylorsville

TAYLORSVILLE – A Utah man was arrested Wednesday after police say he fired a shot through the windshield of another driver who he thought was driving too slowly.

Capone Hovietz Dickson, 38, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail pending investigation for aggravated assault with an enhanced penalty for road rage.

On September 12 at approximately 8:00 a.m., according to a police affidavit, Taylorsville Police responded to an incident of DUI in which the male suspect shot through the victim's windshield after they stopped on the side of the road at 5740 S. Canal Road to argue about the victim driving too slow in front of Capone.

The victim told police that he got out of his car and was about to get back in when Dickson fired a bullet through the windshield, the affidavit states.

The man followed Dickson, who fled to a Walmart at 5469 S. Redwood Road. There, surveillance cameras recorded his license plate as he drove through the parking lot, the affidavit states. Police used that information to identify Dickson.

On Wednesday, he was seen driving near his home and stopped by police. He “demanded to know why he was stopped and when told, he said he was only defending himself,” the affidavit states.

During their investigation, officers also spoke with Dickson's property manager, who said Dickson was “violent and threatening and was no longer allowed to speak to his property manager in person because of his threats,” the affidavit states.