A North Carolina doctor was arrested on August 22 after allegedly firing into a Jeep during an interstate road rage incident, wounding two sisters, ages 12 and 20.
According to Virginia State Police, Dr. Richard Thomas Arriviello, 61, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was driving north on Interstate 77 in his Mercedes-Benz around 8:50 a.m. when gunfire erupted about three miles north of the North Carolina-Virginia state line. The victims, who were in a moving Jeep, were struck in the legs. Both were airlifted to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Arriviello then fled in his Mercedes-Benz, police said. Troopers spotted and stopped the vehicle about 15 miles away and took Arriviello into custody. He faces several felony charges, including malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle, maliciously causing bodily harm to another with intent to maim, and use of a firearm while committing a felony.
The North Carolina Medical Board has confirmed that Arriviello has been licensed as an emergency medicine physician in the state since 2010 and has no public disciplinary actions listed against him. He is the owner of Family Urgent Care in Monroe, according to the board's records.
Arriviello remains jailed without bond at the New River Valley Regional Jail. He is scheduled to appear in court on September 29.
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