PUT YOUR HANDS UP. >> YOU SHUT UP. >> WHO HAS THE GUN? >> On February 24th, 2024, a chaotic road rage incident involving two vehicles escalated into a terrifying confrontation. What started as a suspected stalking incident quickly turned into a high-speed chase and a physical altercation at a Dollar General parking lot. The situation reached its boiling point when one of the individuals allegedly opened fire, resulting in a tense standoff with law enforcement. In this video, we break down the intense police body cam footage and the events that led to a man facing multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW. YOU GET OVER THERE. >> Get the phone. >> All right. You stand over there. Stand over there. All right. You face away from me. >> He hit my car. >> All right. Cool. Stand right there. >> 214. I got one at point right now. The other party's across the street. YO, YOU FACE AWAY FROM ME. >> US1 PV grade. I got one at gunpoint, Bravo Mike with a white shirt. The other half's across the street. BLACK MALE DREADS. STAY ACROSS THE STREET. >> Secure that black male OVER THERE. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. >> Secure him. >> YO, WALK BACK TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. DO IT NOW. >> WALK BACK TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. YOU HIT MY CAR. >> WALK BACK TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. >> Keep your hands up. >> Hey, come to me. KEEP WALKING TO THE LEFT. TWO STEPS TO THE LEFT. KEEP WALKING. KEEP WALKING. >> KEEP YOUR HANDS UP. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GET TASED, BRO. >> Keep walking. Don't worry about him. Listen to us. >> Just shoot him. >> Stop talking. Come here. >> You already No. Now you up. Do >> you have any weapons on you at all? >> No. I ain't got none. >> You ass. When you get out of beat YOUR ASS AGAIN NOW. COME DO IT NOW. COME DO IT NOW. COME DO IT NOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT. Put your phone. >> I thought you got my phone. I'm not fighting now. >> All right. All right. All right. >> I'MMA BEAT YOUR ASS WHEN YOU GET UP. You wet. If you don't calm down, I'll put you in the cuffs. >> My bad, bro. >> All right, calm down. >> You got with me. You the straight up. >> You the straight up primary. >> 214. I got one secured. >> What's going on? >> You see what you got? >> I'm going to put you in cuffs. I'm not going to tell you again. >> Okay. All right. >> All right. Relax. >> This what happened, bro. >> Huh? >> He's good. He's good. >> Better get your ass in that car. Anyway, I've been dealing on with this dude on and off for 13 years. His ex is who I'm with now. This dude been stalking me. He done been in jail before. I'm in the mil I was in the military. He even got military investigations. Records to prove everything. >> Any weapons in the vehicle? >> Yes. Yes, I have two weapons in the car. >> All right. What kind of guns are there? >> One's a weapon 500. The other one's a G 40. >> All right. 24. He's advising no one else is in the vehicle and he has two weapons inside there. All right. Uh, we're going to get you in the back of my car real quick. Okay. >> Can I get cuffed in the front? That's okay. >> No, no, no. >> I'm not aggressive. I haven't been doing that. >> All right. Never mind. >> You see his tag? South Carolina. >> That drove all the way down here. I just so happen to be leaving out of my car. I ain't break his arm. I just so happen to be leaving. I broke your ear. You come break my arm. >> Shut up and face the car. >> You come break. >> Shut up and face the car. Thank you. I just so happen to be leaving to go to the dispensary. >> I see somebody out in front of my house taking pictures. So I'm like, who the is this? I go to follow him. It's this [ __ ] assigger. So at first I ain't know it was him. I'm flashing them, high beaming them, wondering why they ain't stopping. Get to the traffic light. It's his ass. >> Yeah. >> So I'm like, "No, [ __ ] What the you doing in MY HOUSE? YOU KNOW YOU AIN'T GOT NO BUSINESS in mying house." You feel me? So he going to holler at time, oh yeah, PULL OVER, PULL OVER. We pull over at Dollar General and start fighting. So then he mother I go to call the police. He trying to haul ass cuz the lady up there say she dial 911. So I go to he trying to leave. So I go to catch check him so he don't leave. When we get out this motherucker, they pull over the side of the road and start shooting my car. Look at my bumper. hole in my bumper. >> You shoot in your car? >> Yo. Huh? >> You want TO PURSUE CHARGES? >> HELL YEAH. I WANT Y'ALL TO PUT THAT under the jail. I need to look at my car. >> Are you hit at all? >> No, I ain't hit. But he shot my like three or four times. >> Where? He He hopped out of his car and started shooting. >> He opened the door and leaned out that looked like it I I ain't sure. But it looked like a revolver, but I ain't sure. >> Right there WHERE HIS CAR AT. >> So he started shooting right here. back there cuz he pulled off and he mother he tried to pull off and the police hopped behind him but right back there the mother >> was a revolver or a handgun >> I can't remember but I know it's a gun in that [ __ ] look at my bumper he shot my like three or four times >> 24 district 14 the victim is confirming the male did exit vehicle and shoot at him >> hell yo >> we have someone stop traffic I guess we can stop northbound traffic us Anybody ELSE IN THE CAR? MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. DO IT NOW. ANYBODY ELSE IN THAT VEHICLE? GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. DO IT NOW. All right. Driver side door is open. You want to stack up on the left side so we can clear this car. >> Yep. You good? Good. Clear. >> Do you have ID on you? Do you need medical attention? >> It's in my car. Yeah. I He bit my like So, yeah. So, I went >> So, yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> You were at the R section the other day, right? >> What's the R section? No, sir. >> You going to leave over here? No, sir. >> Okay. Step on out. >> All right. So, obviously you're in handcuffs. You're detained. You're not free to leave. We're conducting a criminal investigation. This does not mean you are under arrest. However, I have to make sure that you are aware of your rights. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of these I've explained to you? >> Yes. >> All right. >> If you want to talk on this side of your viewpoint of him, please. That's good. All right. So, she just read you your rights. You understood them as she read them to you and stuff. All right. So, what what is what is going on? >> All right. So, my wife, who I'm legally married to, she left me about 5 months ago. All right. A couple of weeks ago, she called me and I had the text message on the phone. A couple weeks ago, she called me, said everything was going to be good between us. We're going to get back together. Uh she was going to move in with me at the end of the month, move back to our house at end of month in South Carolina. All right. And that was the end of January. So, then end of January come what? Well, actually maybe like a week before the end of the month just stopped talking. No text, no messages, nothing. >> So I waited, waited and then >> today I was like, "Well, I haven't heard nothing from him, so I'm going to go see." >> Okay. >> So I get there. >> Where? At the house. >> I went to the house. >> Which house is where is it? >> Write that down if that's cool. >> Okay. You get to the house. So I get there, I see a car parked in the driveway, which I'm assuming it was his only because minus. >> Okay. >> So then I didn't go to the car. >> I mean, I left. >> He pulled up behind me uh at that light right before you turn left to go to the Dollar General. And here >> he blocked me in and then so I pulled into cuz I was planning on going there to get me something to drink. So I pulled into there. He pulls in. He pulls his car around and then he gets out, threatens me. I try to go inside. He confronts me. So, I didn't get back in my car. So, I was just like, "Look, I'm not going to run from you." You know what I'm saying? >> Right. >> I didn't I didn't do go to your house and do nothing. >> Okay. >> I didn't even say nothing to him. We didn't have conversation. So, anyway, so then we get into altercation and that's what your ear. >> Yeah. So, then when I leave, he was like, "Well," he said, "Well, we can go cuz somebody said, "Oh, we call the cops." He was like, "Well, we can just go talk to Erica." I said, "I bet." And so, that means we going. So, we're going back to your house. So, he said, "Okay." So, we go back, we drive to go back to his house and then he started acting around all that. And then, so I tried to leave, but he kept racing behind me. >> Did y'all see my lights and stuff or >> I didn't see you. >> Okay. >> Um, and then so he raced behind me and then when we got up here, he hit the back of my car, which is when I opened fire. As you can see, the back of my car stroke. >> Where did he hit it? >> Right there on the on the end. >> Left side, right side, back. Uh, right side. >> Okay. >> So, that's my that's my old car. But he he hit my car. It my car stalled. So, I had to pull over and then tried to restart it. He pulled up beside me. I didn't know people what he had on. We were going to do something to him. I didn't know there. >> Okay. So, what let's back him up a little bit. So, when he got to How did he know you were there? >> I p So, he was in the he was in the car. In the driveway. >> Okay. So, he was in the driveway. >> Yeah, he was in the car. I couldn't see inside the car. >> Okay. >> All I saw was the car. Did he see you drive by or did you get out of your car? >> I didn't get out the car. >> Okay. He just saw a random blue Luxes drive by. >> Yeah. He didn't know it was me cuz when he pulled up to the when I pulled up That's right. When we got to that light before you turned on what you call it? >> He got to light. I rolled my window down and then he was like, "Oh, it's you." >> Okay. >> So that's how he knew it was me, but he didn't before that he didn't know it. >> Okay. After that, you guys got to like Lake View. Lake View in Belair or Mandis Woods. He pulled up on you, saw it was you, then he follow you went to the Dollar General. Yeah. He Well, I didn't even get to go inside. He got out and he blocked my way. >> He blocked you? >> Yeah. So So when he pulled up, I pulled up and then he pulls up >> and then like So he's closer to the store. >> Okay. >> So I was kind of nervous about where I was going to park anyway. So I got out the car. I was going to go inside. He he pull he gets in front of me. So he block he's between me and the entrance. >> Okay. So at that point, what happened? >> So at that point it was it was fight. >> Okay. Who approached you? >> He approached me. >> How did he do that? with his hands up. >> He broke with his hands up. >> Frustrating. Yeah. Come on. This you came to my house. Blah blah blah. That's his house. >> I don't know. >> When he when he approached, did he like sprint? Was he walking? >> He he sprint. No, he he wasn't he wasn't walking, bro. >> He sprinted towards you. >> Yeah. Yeah. He was aggressive >> with his hands up >> with his his guard up. >> Okay. With his pistol. Okay. And then what? Oh, and then I engaged like like >> there was I mean I don't know. I could have turned around and get my car, but I was kind of ly that he jumped to my car if I did that. >> Okay. >> So then I didn't know if he was going to get his car and pulled out a gun. So I just Okay. >> The safest thing for me at that point was to make sure he stayed out of his vehicle and if we engaged that's fine. But then so every time we engaged, broke up, I would try to leave then he would start back. >> All right. And then um what happened after that? You guys left, right? >> Yeah, we left. He said, "Let's go talk to Erica." Cuz I told him, you know, he's saying that, you know, he tell cuz somebody yelled and said, "We calling the cops." And he was like, "Well, let me tell you what happened. Let me tell y'all what happened." He he he uh came here to see my wife. And I was like, "First of all, she's married to me. She's legally married. We're not divorced. We never talked about it. >> Had I known he was there, there's no way I would have came cuz I knew this would happen." >> So, I saw you guys like speeding down that residential area. What was going on with that? Who's going back to >> back? >> That was just after that was just after the dollar. Victor. >> So, how do we get on US one? >> I got 29. >> Like, I'm not so I don't I don't even know. >> Where's US one? >> This This is US one. >> Yeah. I got >> Okay. So, then you guys turned down the roundabout. What happened then after that? >> When we turned about That's when he hit my car. >> He crashed into you at the roundabout. >> Yeah. Well, no. No. He crashed into me on this straight like right down there and I pulled over my car cuz it it just it made my car stop. I couldn't drop it. So I just pulled over, shut it off and shut it back on. And then he ran back up on me because he after he did that, he turned around and went that way. But then I guess we seen my car moving again. He came back and that's when I was fired. >> Okay. Well, where was he when when you opened firearm? >> Right next to me. Like in in the lane like right next to me. >> Okay. What was he doing then? >> Did you see him? >> He He rolled his weapon. >> I don't know what he >> Okay. Did he He didn't point anything at you or >> I thought maybe I saw him, but I don't know. Like he he could have been pointing. He It looked like he pointed something, >> but I wasn't trying to figure out or wait for it. After he hit my car, I assume he was going to do something. >> After you shot, what happened? talking to traffic >> after I shot >> and he left. >> Okay. And then we got here, right? >> Which which firearm did you shoot? >> All right. That's still in the car, right? We're in the car. >> Both of them. >> When you guys left the Dollar General, you said you were going back to talk to Erica? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Do you Was that the house you guys originally were at? >> Yes, ma'am. >> What What address is that? >> And you knew how to get back there from the Dollar General or No. >> No. >> So, you were just following him back to the house? >> Well, I thought I knew how to get back. He was following me. >> Okay. >> But then like he was he started driving. I don't know. So then I got >> he started Well, I don't know. >> Yeah. No, he started driving kind of erratic like >> behind you. >> Yeah. >> How so? Can you describe that for me? >> Like so he he pulled up like he was going to hit me. So I moved and so then I was like, you know what? >> Were you stopping? Were you pulling over? >> No, I was just driving. >> Okay. >> And then so so after that after a few times of that, I just I just like no, I'm not going nowhere cuz I think this going to be a setup. >> Okay. So, you continued on past to try to get away, >> right? But I Yeah, I didn't know. >> And is that why you didn't stop at the house? You just kept going, >> right? Well, I didn't know where the house was, first of all. Like, cuz I like I thought I remember how they got there cuz without looking at GPS, >> but I didn't. But it didn't matter cuz I was just like, I'm not >> How many times did you fire off rounds? How many rounds? >> Twice. >> Did he threaten you in any way? >> Yeah, he threatened me at the store and he threatened. >> How did he threaten you? >> He was just like, "This is this is what we going to do. I'mma um I'm not done with you. I'mma get your ass. >> All right. That's all I was just curious about. >> And then like I said, I didn't shoot at him until you hit my car. >> I didn't know how that people Why would you do that? >> I'm I just want to confirm that if you need to sign it. Just confirming >> you were leaving your house. You're about to go somewhere. As you're walking, you see his caring up creeping up the block. >> Yep. >> Didn't know who it was cuz you're in this hold, >> right? >> As he's doing that, you see a camera taking pictures of you and start to leave. So you start to follow it cuz you didn't know who it was. >> He was taking pictures of the house because he know I was in the car. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I had not sat in the car by him. >> So you already in the car when you started keeping up the Okay. So you're already in the car and he didn't know you were there and you start creeping up taking pictures. You leave to go follow cuz you didn't know who was taking pictures of your house. >> You see him running red lights or running stop signs rather driving fast. When he stops the light, you pull up next to him and that's when you realize >> it was >> it was him. >> Okay. And then what do he say to you again when you guys locked eyes and like, "Oh, it's you." >> I say, "Oh, it's you." HE WAS LIKE, "YEAH, IT'S ME." AND THEN I WAS LIKE, "You don't He TALKING ABOUT FOLLOW ME THEN. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? FOLLOW ME." AND WE ended up going to the Dollar Tree. >> Okay. So then once you guys there, what exactly happened once you guys actually got to parking parking spots? You just hop out right in the middle of the parking lot. >> Basically, I'm pretty sure they got everything on camera. Y'all can go pull the cameras cuz I want to see them. >> All right. And then that's when someone said they were calling the police. >> Yeah. They was coming out recording and calling saying they was calling the police. And by that time we had to stop fighting. He was just m back and forth. You know what I'm saying? He was instead of trying to come at me. I had did my thing. So I'm like, "What the fuck?" And he started walking toward me. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, "Back your ass up. Back your ass up." You feel me? And so he trying to kick me like that right there with his stupid ass. So goddamn when people was like, "Oh, because I'm on the phone with 911." That's when he tried to bump to his car and call ass. Oh no. Get away from me. You done came down all the way down here. You going to get all this. You going to get all this. So then you started following him. So he let the police know where he was going and all that. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. And where which way did he go from there? >> He went all the way through my neighborhood. Then after he got >> So he he did he turn up uh Lake View like across Belair like once he pulls out Dollar General >> when he when he pulled back out of Dollar General. That's what Mantis. >> Yeah. It's Manas and then Belair then goes to Lake. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. He pulled out of Dollar General on Mantanas. Yep. >> And then hauled ass down Mantanzas till US went to the round. Okay. Did you guys go into the residential at all after you left? >> No, we didn't go in the residential. He shot straight down Mantanzas. >> Okay. >> And when he come down, man, I was on his ass. >> He was trying to haul ass, but he couldn't lose me. He shot through the roundabout, shot this way. When he realized he wasn't going to lose me, that's when he pulled over. >> So, you're following him. He pulled off the road. Then, what do you do when you see him pull off? >> When um when you talking about when you pull off >> Yeah. So, you came through the roundabout, you see him pull off the road, and then what do you do? >> I pulled I pulled off behind him. >> Okay. Yeah. But I wasn't off the road like he was. >> Yeah. But you were stopped. >> Yeah. But I was stopped and I was talking to the dispatcher. That's when he opened the door and I seen the gun and I >> So he opened the door up all the way. >> Yeah. He opened that damn near all the way. Yep. >> Okay. And then left like you see him gun in hand. Both hands one. >> Boom. I go to >> What What did the gun look like? Like you saw >> that was about that long. >> Yeah. >> And that was shiny. >> Don't nothing looked like a revolver but a revolver. >> Yeah. So >> So the looked like a revolver to me. >> Okay. And that's when the dude said it was you found a revolver. That's the he had. >> Yeah. So it looked like a revolver. He was pointing at you. That's when he tried to do a U-turn. >> Yep. I bust >> I went back the other way. I was still on the phone with the dispatch and by that time I seen the patrol truck coming. >> Yeah. And he shot at you while you're doing the U-turn. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's Yo, that he shot at me while he shot at me after I made the U-turn. Okay. >> That's why I thought that hole in the back was another gunshot. But that's an exit. >> So as you're driving away, was he still shooting? >> He was still shooting. He was still shooting at me when I was going the other direction. >> Okay. >> When I seen the I told the dispatch, I said, "He's still shooting at me." >> When the patrol truck came, I hopped behind the patrol truck. >> Okay. >> Cuz it looked like they was going to pass him, but then he jumped back and jumped behind me. >> Yeah. >> And then that's when we ended up >> Okay. That's when we end up here. >> Do you guys have cameras that overlook the parking lot? >> No, but I saw them. They were right on that grass. They were rolling. >> Okay. How you doing? >> Hey. Um, you guys don't have >> She's got license plates. >> Just one. >> Oh, wait. We We have all the >> Oh, you do? Oh, okay. >> She said she saw something. Did you guys see anything at all? >> Yeah, they were out there. >> They were They arguing pushing each other. >> Okay. >> Despite a chaotic shootout in the middle of the day that initially had the suspect facing up to 15 years behind bars. This case ended with a surprisingly light plea deal. Originally slapped with four felonies, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle, the suspect managed to strike a deal with prosecutors. The battery and firearm charges were ultimately dropped. After pleading no contest to the remaining charges, he avoided prison time entirely, walking away with 4 years of supervised probation, 12 hours of anger management, and several thousand in fines. It's a shocking legal conclusion to an incredibly dangerous road rage encounter that easily could have cost someone their life.