It sounds like a scene out of the "Wild Wild West" but police were investigating what they called a possible road rage incident Thursday involving at least one driver who fired gunshots at another vehicle.

The shooting happened about 1:42 p.m. Thursday in the area of Dairy Road and Florida Avenue, a busy cross-section of traffic in Melbourne and West Melbourne, police reported.

According to police, the disturbance involved several subjects in two vehicles: A silver sedan (possibly a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla) and a white SUV (possibly an early 2000 Kia).

“We’ve made contact with a witness, and we know that at least one party was shooting," said Sgt. Marc Claycomb of the Melbourne Police Department. "We found casings but we haven’t located the vehicles or the parties involved.”

There were reports that both vehicles may have exchanged gunfire, he said. One vehicle may have been struck, police say.

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Six bullet casings were found in the roadway.

Witnesses told police that a man with dreadlocks stepped out of a silver vehicle and fired off rounds toward a white sport utility vehicle.

Witnesses also said it appeared the SUV was struck, although police have not been able to locate the vehicle to verify that account.

No motive for the shooting was reported.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call police at 321-608-8477.

Contact Gallop at 321-242-3642, jdgallop@floridatoday.com and Twitter @JDGallop

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