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Ohio Police: Trucker shot to death during altercation with another driver

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Ohio Police: Trucker shot to death during altercation with another driver
Trucker Lashawn Dean Hughes, shown in this jail booking photo, has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of another driver. (Courtesy: Shelby County Jail)

SIDNEY, Ohio — An Ohio truck driver is dead after being shot on Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the parking lot of Angstrom Fiber in Sidney.

According to the Sidney Police Department, the body of Brandon Tyler Welsh, 32, of Eaton, Ohio, was found at 11:22 a.m. after a 911 call alerted emergency personnel.

A police report states that truck driver Lashawn Dean Hughes, 48, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was arrested in Anna, Ohio, by the local police department after fleeing the scene in his big rig.

He is currently being held in the Shelby County Jail on a murder charge.

“This case is an active investigation, preliminary evidence and witness statements indicated that the alteration between the two men was likely due to a road rage incident,” according to the police report. “Both men were semi-truck operators for different companies, and neither man had any business association with Angstrom. It appears Angstrom was an random place where the two men’s altercation came to violence.”

Anyone with information related to this case is asked to call the Sidney Police Department at (937) 498-2351 or Crime Stoppers at (937) 492-8477.

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Linda Garner-Bunch has been in publishing for more than 30 years. You name it, Linda has written about it. She has served as an editor for a group of national do-it-yourself publications and has coordinated the real estate section of Arkansas’ only statewide newspaper, in addition to working on a variety of niche publications ranging from bridal magazines to high-school sports previews and everything in between. She is also an experienced photographer and copy editor who enjoys telling the stories of the “Knights of the Highway,” as she calls our nation’s truck drivers.
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dumb fucking truckers 95%of you’s can’t drive and always holding up the left lane with them slow ass 😒 trucks,but this is not surprising especially the old red necks that’s racist af and I bet this was a racist thing so if that the case that mf got what he deserved 😤 but truckers get the fck out of the middle lane and passing lane with the them slow ass trucks mfs,and taking for ever in feul pumps and STOP FUKING MAKING PARKING SPOTS AT TRUCK STOP PLAN YOUR TRIP BEETER Cause if another driver hit your mirror and you’re a legally park. It’s your fault and if I hit someone’s mirror I’m just gonna keep going. I’m not stopping because it’s your fault for parking like that park, right DUMB MFS

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