Road Rage Incident Turns Critical

RYE, November 19, 2005 - Shortly before 8:00 PM on Saturday, Liberty County EMS was dispatched to a shooting in the Hoop & Holler Subdivision on Holly Grove Road, CR 2650 after a road rage incident.

According to Captain of the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division Chip Fairchild, a brown Chevy Pickup, driven by Daniel Mastalez, age 41 of Rye, was traveling north on Holly Grove Road. Passengers in the Chevy pickup included three girls thought to be his daughters.

The Chevy pickup was in pursuit and bumping a red Dodge pickup from the rear driven by David Isenhower age 44 of Ace, TX. Isenhower’s passenger was Kerri Mastalez, the wife of Daniel Mastalez, driver of the Chevy truck.

The actions of the Chevy pickup caused the red Dodge Pickup to wreck rolling over on the driver’s side.

According to Captain Fairchild, as the Dodge pickup came to rest David Isenhower used a 30-caliber rifle to shoot Daniel Mastalez firing a single shot. The bullet entered the victim’s back shoulder and exited the right front shoulder.

Mastalez was transported from the scene on Holly Grove Road to a landing zone at the Rainbow Baptist Church on SH 146 at FM 787, where he was transferred into the care of Life Flight in critical condition. He was flown to Houston’s Hermann Hospital for treatment.

Isenhower was detained and interviewed by LCSO Investigators.

Sgt. Investigators Kenny Dagle and Chad Langdon investigated the scene of the accident and shooting.

According to Fairchild it is thought that prior disagreements among the parties involved led up to tonight’s road rage incident.

At the time of this report no one has been arrested in this incident. Fairchild, assisted by Dagle and Langdon will complete their investigation and refer the case to a grand jury for possible indictment.

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