COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police have charged a man in a Tuesday road rage shooting along Interstate 70 that injured one person and backed up traffic for hours during the morning rush hour.

According to Columbus police, a 911 call was received from a man who said he had been shot while driving on I-70 West, near West Mound Street. The caller stated the shooting was a result of a road rage incident that involved his vehicle and a gold-colored Chevrolet Equinox.

Columbus police said 33-year-old DeWayne Timothy-Marquis Pittman has been charged with felonious assault.

Police dispatch reported that the two vehicles were “brake checking” each other, according to a witness, who said the incident started at the I-71/SR-315 split. The drivers continued westbound before a person in the Equinox fired at the victim, who was driving a black Ford F-150.

Officers located the caller on I-70 West, near the Hague Avenue exit, and he was taken to a local hospital after being shot in the face. He is expected to survive.

Court records state Pittman allegedly drove the Equinox to the Hauge Avenue exit and got off the highway. Pittman allegedly admitted to police that he was involved in an incident with an F-150 on I-70 and that, at one point, he pulled along the driver’s side of the pickup truck, which is where the truck was struck by the gunfire, court records state.

According to a Columbus spokesperson, Pittman was working for the city as an employee of a subcontractor hired for the city’s Enhanced Meter Project.

A statement from the Columbus Department of Public Utilities said Pittman was employed by VEPO, which is under contract with Sensus, the prime contractor for the city’s meter project. Sensus said Pittman “is no longer employed on this project,” the statement said.

“Going forward, we will have additional conversations with Sensus, and VEPO, regarding employee screening and other measures related to hiring for this project,” the statement concludes.

I-70 westbound was closed starting at the I-71 and SR-315 interchange, where investigators processed the scene, until approximately 9:15 a.m.

“It’s extremely hard to recover evidence on the freeway because of the amount of vehicles that have traveled since that incident took place, but (we shut it down) just out of precautionary to hopefully collect some evidence,” Albert said.

Pittman is scheduled for a court appearance Wednesday morning.