NEWTON, N.C. (AP) - A mother and son accused of trying to attack a North Carolina delivery driver who ran over a dog have been charged with assault-related offenses, a sheriff’s office said.
Catawba County deputies arrived outside of a North Carolina Highway Patrol station Monday where they found Maxwell Dixon, 23, and his mother, Sandy Dixon, 51, engaging with a delivery employee, the office said in a statement.
The driver told deputies he accidentally hit a dog on his route, and the Dixons began to chase him in a car after he drove down the road to call his supervisor. Investigators determined Maxwell Dixon fired three shots toward the delivery vehicle as the driver attempted to escape and get help, the sheriff’s office said.
The driver was not struck, officials confirmed.
Maxwell Dixon was charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and assault with a deadly weapon and was set to appear in court Tuesday. Sandy Dixon was charged with aiding and abetting assault with a deadly weapon.
It was unclear whether the two had attorneys who could comment for them.
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