(KAIR)--The Platte County Sheriff's Department is investigating an early Tuesday morning shooting that took place inside a vehicle.
According to a news release, the Sheriff's Office was notified shortly before 2:00 of a vehicle crash on I-29 just north of Highway 273 at Tracy.
While en route, deputies were notified of a possible gunshot injury at the scene.
When deputies arrived, the release says they found a 26-year-old man who appeared to have been shot in the back of the head, with an exit wound on his face.
The man indicated he was driving the vehicle when his uncle shot him in the back of the head. The release says the victim was transported to an area hospital and is expected to survive.
41-year-old Constantin Iavorschi was taken into custody and booked into the Platte County Jail.
He being held on a $200,000 bond on charges of assault in the first-degree and armed criminal action.
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