By Associated Press - Friday, October 27, 2017

OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has been accused of firing a shotgun at passing cars on an interstate overpass.

Chattanooga police said in a tweet that Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies arrested 33-year-old Matthew Derek Henry on Thursday night in connection with the incident earlier in the day. WRCB-TV reports that surveillance cameras captured a shirtless man in camouflage shooting at cars on Interstate 75.

No one was injured.

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Henry’s arrest affidavit says Henry told police he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and had run out of medication.

He was arrested at his home after a relative drove him there following the shooting.

Henry is charged with reckless endangerment. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer.

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Information from: WRCB-TV, http://www.wrcbtv.com/

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