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   A South Elgin motorist is accused of firing a gun from his car  -   
   - across the body of his wife seated next to him in the   
   passenger seat -- and hitting another vehicle during an apparent   
   road rage incident on I-355 last week, according to DuPage   
   County prosecutors.   
      
   Vaughn Atkins 42, appeared in bond court Wednesday, charged with   
   two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm for the incident   
   which took place March 21 in the southbound lanes of the tollway   
   near Ogden Avenue, according to authorities.   
      
   Judge Richard Russo set bail at $200,000.   
      
   Atkins, of the 1400 block of South Blackhawk Circle, was   
   apparently angered when another motorist cut him off in traffic   
   around 5:45 p.m. and forced him onto the shoulder of the roadway.   
      
   Authorities say he caught up to the motorist and fired a gun,   
   striking the other car in the rear door on the passenger’s side.   
      
   Atkins’ wife and two children were with him, prosecutors said,   
   and he reportedly instructed his wife to lower her window and   
   lean back so he could shoot through the passenger’s side window.   
      
   The other motorist was not injured.   
      
   Following the shooting, Atkins then is alleged to have exited   
   the tollway. Following an investigation, Atkins was arrested   
   without incident Monday at his home, prosecutors said.   
      
   “I can’t begin to imagine the damage that could have been done   
   had a bullet allegedly fired by Mr. Atkins hit the driver of   
   another vehicle during rush hour traffic on a major expressway,”   
   State’s Atty. Robert Berlin said.   
      
   Atkins is scheduled to appear in court April 28 for arraignment.   
      
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