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North Carolina Physician Arrested Following Interstate Road Rage Shooting in Virginia
Just the facts
Authorities charged Dr. Richard Thomas Arriviello, an emergency medicine physician from Charlotte, North Carolina, after he allegedly fired into a moving vehicle on Interstate 77 in Virginia. The gunfire struck two sisters, aged 12 and 20, in their legs before both victims were airlifted to a regional hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Arriviello fled the scene in his Mercedes-Benz before state troopers intercepted his vehicle 15 miles away and took him into custody. He faces multiple felony counts, including malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle, maliciously causing bodily harm, and using a firearm during a felony. Arriviello is currently held without bond at the New River Valley Regional Jail pending a court appearance scheduled for September 29, 2026.
Why this is news
Virginia State Police arrested 61-year-old North Carolina physician Dr. Richard Thomas Arriviello following a road rage shooting on Interstate 77. The incident occurred on August 22, 2026, approximately three miles north of the North Carolina border.
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