WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 26-year-old man is behind bars after a U.S. Marshals Service task force arrested him in connection with a road rage incident where a federal judge was shot at.
It happened around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday on I-71 near Westfield Township, just north of the Route 83 exit.
According to the U.S. Marshals, a man and a woman were traveling in a 2023 Lexus when they were shot at. One of them sustained minor injuries. Multiple sources tell News 5 that the man shot at is a local federal judge. His name has not been released.
During his call to 911, the judge said a car tailgated him for 10 miles before the shooting.
"He shot, I'm on the side of the road. I've got a bullet in my back window and there's glass everywhere," he told a 911 operator.
He also gave the dispatcher a description of the suspect's vehicle along with a license plate number.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol used Flock cameras to track down the suspect in North Canton. Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, Jackson Police Department and OSHP troopers responded and took the suspect into custody in the 6400 block of Strip Avenue NW. Police found two firearms inside his vehicle when he was arrested in the parking lot of BJ's Brewhouse.
The suspect has been identified as Thassanai Suwannasin, 26, of London, Ohio.
He's charged with felonious assault and attempted murder, according to Wadsworth Municipal Court records. He was arraigned on Wednesday morning and is being held in lieu of a $1 million bond. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Aug. 14.
