Blairs, VA - Melvin Ray Emerson, 69, was cruising his 1985 Cadillac DeVille along Spring Garden Road in Blairs when a 2004 BMW suddenly passed him. This angered the old man and he began to play caddy-whack with the BMW by ramming his car into the rear end of the passerby, striking it three times before the BMW turned into the driveway of a home. Emerson struck the BMW again as it turned into the driveway, which forced the vehicle to rotate and strike the front porch. Emerson then hopped of his Cadillac with a .38 caliber revolver, fired a shot into the air and left the scene. Emerson drove north on Route 640, but did not get far. He lost control of his Cadillac on a curve and struck a tree on the side of the road. It was there he abandoned his vehicle along with the loaded gun and thumbed a ride home from a woman passing by. Emerson was later found by police hiding in a grove of Leland cypress trees behind his home. He was arrested and charged with malicious wounding, three counts of felony hit and run and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is being held without bond. The driver of the BMW, 42-year old Eddie Lee Dixon, had his 6-year old son with him in the vehicle. Dixon sustained a back injury and his son also suffered back and head injuries. Both were treated and released from the hospital.
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