CRESCENT SPRINGS, Ky. — One person has been charged after shooting the driver of a car while riding as a passenger on Saturday, Kenton County police said.
Brayden Smith, 20, of Demossville, Ky., fired a handgun while in the rear seat of a vehicle headed southbound on I-75 from Covington, striking the driver, police said. The vehicle stopped on the interstate after the shooting and Smith fled the scene, police said.
A second passenger transported the victim to a gas station on Buttermilk Drive in Crescent Springs and flagged down a Villa Hills police officer at approximately 1:45 a.m.
The victim was shot in the face and cheek, police said. Fire crews with the Crescent Springs Villa Hills Fire Department transported the victim to UC Medical Center, calling their injuries non-life threatening.
Smith was later located by the Kenton County Police Department and taken into custody without incident. Smith is currently at the Kenton County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond, charged with assault in the 1st degree, a class B felony, and possession of a handgun by convicted felon, a class C felony. The suspected firearm was also recovered by police.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Kenton County Emergency Communication Center at 859-356-3191.
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