I-670 road-rage shooter indicted for murder claims self defense

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man accused in a fatal road rage shooting on Interstate 670 in November has been indicted on murder charges.

A grand jury formerly charged 37-year-old Tony Brock with the death of another man while the two were driving on I-670 east near downtown on Nov. 10.

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Columbus police were called to the area just after 5 p.m. between North 4^th Street and Cleveland Avenue, where a shooting reportedly took place. Numerous witnesses called 911 alleging that a person inside a pickup truck shot a man in a maroon Subaru.

The pickup truck, a black Ford F-150, fled the scene and the victim, 51-year-old Bret Bennett was pronounced dead at Grant Medical Center at 5:26 p.m.

Interstate cameras and license plate readers captured images of the pickup truck’s license plate and an investigation led authorities to an address on Loretta Avenue in North Linden.

An attorney representing Brock contacted detectives and admitted that Brock was the person who fired the gun that killed Bennett. The gun was collected, and the pickup was impounded.

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Brock was arrested on Nov. 15 but his case was bound over to Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in December after a grand jury initially decided there was not enough evidence to indict.

On Monday, Brock was issued a $500,000 bond and was officially indicted on two counts of murder, felonious assault, discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premise, and tampering with evidence. All five charges, in which Brock pleaded not guilty while claiming self-defense, come with firearm specifications.

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