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Steel-toed boot protected victim during road rage shooting, police say

Rob Taub

Wear and tear exposes the steel toed boots worn by ''Dawg," as he watches the Williston Coyotes play football against the Minot Magicians in Williston, N.D., Sept 13, 2013. The Minot Magicians beat the Williston Coyotes, 42-0. Schools in the Bakken are so spread out many, like that of Minot High School, and have to travel two hours to a typical football game. Williston sits in the Bakken oil field. Back in 2008 the North Dakota oil boom started its ongoing period of extraction of oil from the B (Photo by Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images)

(NewsNation) — A road rage victim in Mississippi was protected by his steel-toed boot during a shooting last weekend, police say.

Police said the victim, who pulled into a Chick-fil-A, was shot in the foot. However, the round fired didn’t make it past the victim’s steel-toed boot, leaving them uninjured.


Kyle Maurice Ramos was arrested in connection with the shooting, according to police.

Ramos, 39, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The incident remains under investigation.