‘It’s insane,’ woman says after driver killed in mid afternoon road rage shooting

A man was shot to death in a road rage-fueled confrontation with another driver just after noon Tuesday at Eisenhower Parkway and Bloomfield Road.

Randy Eugene Epps, 58, of Twiggs County, was pronounced dead at a Macon hospital from multiple gunshot wounds, Macon-Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.

Epps, who was driving a black Honda, was tailgating a white Dodge driven by 22-year-old William Hollingsworth, of Lizella, as they traveled eastbound on Eisenhower about 12:30 p.m., Bibb County sheriff’s Lt. Randy Gonzalez said. At some point, between Log Cabin Drive and Bloomfield Road, Epps hopped out of his black Honda and took what appeared to be a gun out of the trunk before getting back on Eisenhower, Gonzalez said.

Epps pulled up on the passenger side of the Dodge, pulled out a handgun, pointed it at Hollingsworth and threatened him, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Hollingsworth grabbed his gun and fired several shots at Epps.

Epps was shot multiple times and died at the hospital about 1 p.m., Jones said.

No charges have been filed against Hollingsworth. The case is being turned over to the district attorney’s office for review, the release said.

Virginia Turner, a 61-year-old who works at Central Georgia Technical College, said she heard 10 gunshots while sitting outside Taco Bell for lunch.

“They had been in an altercation ... and decided to end it with shooting,” Turner said. “It’s insane ... There’s no other word for it.”

Turner was eating a taco when she heard the “pows” and saw dirt flying as bullets struck an embankment. After the gunfire stopped, the cars didn’t move. Turner said she saw a young woman get out of one of the two cars, trying to make a call with her cellphone.

“This is unbelievable,” Turner said.

The killing comes less than a month after shots were fired at CGTC, a little less than a half mile away. No one was injured in the gunfire, which is believed to have stemmed from an argument between people in the school’s cafeteria at lunchtime.

This story was originally published October 11, 2016 at 1:58 PM with the headline "‘It’s insane,’ woman says after driver killed in mid afternoon road rage shooting."