Driver calls 911 to report over 100 gunshots, cops say. He was really just out of gas

A 30-year-old man was driving with a female passenger when they ran out of gas on a Michigan interstate, authorities said.

The woman called the Detroit Regional Communications Center twice, requesting a “quick response” from the Freeway Courtesy Patrol, a program designed to help “drivers in distress,” according to Michigan State Police.

Before authorities responded late Monday, Jan. 16, the driver also called the dispatch center, according to a series of tweets from Michigan State Police Second District.

He reported that a man in a purple SRT car “fired 150 shots into his vehicle with an AK-47,” officials said.

State troopers responded to Interstate 94, in Detroit, at about 11:10 p.m.

“Troopers arrived on scene to find no one injured and the vehicle was not struck,” officials said. “It was determined that the driver called 911 to get a quick police response due to his vehicle being out of gas.”

Investigators also learned the driver was drunk, had a suspended driver’s license and was wanted on fugitive warrants, according to the posts. The driver was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, officials said.

The driver was reported to have a blood alcohol content of .16, double the state’s legal limit.

The man was booked into the Detroit Detention Center, officials said.

This story was originally published January 17, 2023 at 12:35 PM with the headline "Driver calls 911 to report over 100 gunshots, cops say. He was really just out of gas."