20-year old arrested after shooting 18-wheeler with paintball gun in St. John Parish

A 20-year-old Hammond man was arrested in connection with firing a paintball gun at an 18-wheeler traveling on Interstate 55 in St. John the Baptist Parish on Thursday (April 5), according to Louisiana State Police.

In a news release issued Sunday afternoon, authorities said the driver of the 18-wheeler reported seeing a gun barrel emerge from the passenger-side window of a gray Ford Mustang passing on the interstate. The driver said he then heard “what sounded like multiple shots” before realizing the vehicle “was being struck,” the news release says.

Troopers began an investigation after receiving a call from the driver shortly after 11 a.m. and located the Mustang on I-55 near US Highway 51, according to the news release. Authorities said troopers found a paintball gun in the Mustang and that Scott, a passenger in the vehicle, confessed to firing it at the 18-wheeler. He was booked on counts including aggravated assault and simple criminal damage to property.

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Nicholas Scott, 20, was arrested in connection with shooting a paintball gun at an 18-wheeler on Interstate 55 in St. John the Baptist Parish. (Photo provided by Louisiana State Police) (Photo provided by Louisiana State Police/)