Man in critical condition after possible road rage-fueled incident

Monte Justus Pounds was arrested after a possible road rage incident. Monte Justus Pounds was arrested after a possible road rage incident. Photo: HPD Photo: HPD Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Man in critical condition after possible road rage-fueled incident 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

One man is in the hospital and another is facing a felony charge after a possible road rage incident late Sunday on the East Freeway.

The chaos began about 11:30 p.m., when the victim and another driver sat in a traffic snarl sparked by an earlier fatal wreck, according to Lt. Larry Crowson of the Houston Police Department.

The victim - later identified as Shannon Reeves - hopped out of his car after he got into a verbal argument with another driver, who police identified as Monte Justus Pounds.

It was as Reeves walked away that Pounds allegedly hit the gas and crashed into the 34-year-old.

When police responded to a call for "complainant chasing a suspect," they found Reeves lying wounded in the road. He was taken to an area hospital where he was in critical condition early Monday.

Pounds was arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

It was not immediately clear if the incident was sparked by road rage or if the pair had been arguing earlier at a different location and an existing conflict had escalated on the traffic-packed freeway.

Police did not specify which earlier fatal collision caused the traffic jam that possibly led to the violent dispute. However, a 29-year-old woman was killed in a crash that happened about 6:10 p.m. in the 8500 block of the East Freeway.

The woman had been speeding in her white Cadillac CTS in an eastbound lane of the freeway when she rammed into a tractor-trailer truck that was being towed.

The woman died at the scene. The driver of the tow truck was not injured.