Road rage sparks gunfire at mall parking lot

Two North Richland Hills men escaped serious injuries Saturday when a motorist opened fire on them in a North East Mall parking lot in Hurst.

The men suffered cuts from flying glass when a window was shot out in what investigators say was road rage.

A verbal altercation between the men and the motorist began Saturday afternoon near Davis Boulevard and Boulevard 26 in North Richland Hills. The men followed the motorist who was driving a GMC truck to the mall.

At one point, the motorist got out of his truck and brandished a shotgun, police said. The men drove past the suspect, telling police that they may have hit him. The suspect fired at least three times as the men drove out of the parking lot, police said. But the men followed the suspect as they called 911.

The men ended their chase when the 911 dispatcher ordered them to stop. 

-- Domingo Ramirez Jr.

Comments

[allie_boy]

They chased the guy down and "may have hit him". SO he shot at them. I would too. These idiots are lucky they weren't killed.

[Shannon (N5KOU) McGauley]

I hope they wrote down a tag number. I've been on the phone with those dispatchers in the HEB area, they always tell you to stop. In this case it was probably best because you don't need a rolling gun fight in the city. I was on the phone with them last year following a DWI suspect that hit the center wall, stopped and then took off again. I told the dispatcher that I might have to remove him from the truck if he tried to leave again. The dispatcher said no don't do that and I said look, it's like the sun rising if he tries to leave again it will happen. I was able to get the keys from the truck and no force was used.

[David]

People are such idiots. Take a chill pill, people. Road rage WILL get you (or passengers) killed, or at a minimum, get your vehicle shot up. Not a good thing. Just take down the license plate, call 911 and let LEO take care of it. Hurst and NRH have 2 of the finest PDs in North Texas.