A man hitchhiking across the US and writing a memoir called The Kindness of America has been hurt in a random drive-by shooting.
Ray Dolin was sitting by rural US Highway 2 in Montana waiting for a ride on Saturday evening when a man drove up, rolled down his window, shot him in the arm and drove off, Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier said.
Dolin had approached the truck thinking the driver was offering him a ride, the sheriff said.
He flagged down a passer-by and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspected shooter, 52-year-old Charles Lloyd Danielson, was arrested about four hours later.
Authorities said he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Meier said there appears to be no connection between Dolin and Danielson.
He did not know if the two exchanged any words before the shooting.
"He was sitting down to have a little lunch, and this guy drives up. He thought he was going to give him a ride, and as he approached the vehicle, the guy pulls out his weapon and shoots him. It's as simple as that," Meier said.
Meier says Danielson was jailed on suspicion of felony assault with a weapon and driving under the influen
