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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY - An actor who once appeared in an episode of The Sopranos has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a female driver during a road rage incident.
Ernest Wesley Heinz, 46, of Port Republic, New Jersey, was taken into custody on Thursday in connection with the shooting that left Stockton University on lockdown for several hours, 6 Action News reports.
Galloway Township police said they received a call about a shooting on West Jimmie Leeds Road near Redwood Avenue just before 1pm on Thursday.
By the time officers arrived at the scene, they found the victim, Maritza Arias-Galva, 42, with visible injuries - including swelling on her right cheek that left her eye nearly closed, according to Breaking AC.
She was then rushed to a local hospital, where she told police that a man in a white Hyundai had shot her in the face at a red light.
Arias-Galva explained to the Philadelphia Inquirer she had been on her way home from the grocery store - excited to celebrate her belated birthday with her children on her day off from work.
But when she was trying to merge onto Jimmie Leeds Road with her turn signal activated, Arias-Galva said the suspect vehicle cut her off.
When they then both arrived at a red light, she said the other driver called her a 'b****' and a 'motherf*****' and threatened to kill her.