The victims said they were hit and then followed the driver to an apartment complex. That driver then came out with a gun.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Harris County Precinct One Constable’s Office is investigating a hit-and-run that had the potential to be deadly.
The victims, a married couple, said they were hit and then followed the driver to an apartment complex. That driver then came out with a gun. The entire incident was caught on their dash camera.
The video shows the husband going to make a right-hand turn off of West Gulf Bank Road when he is struck on the side of his truck by a vehicle that was traveling behind him.
He said the driver kept going after that.
“I didn’t know if he was leaving just to get out of the street and go to a parking lot or if he was going to try and go and do a hit and run,” said the man who asked that he not be identified.
He called 911 and followed the vehicle.
Dash camera video shows the other driver going into an apartment unit and then coming back out with what appears to be something in his waistband.
The wife gets her gun out of the glove box. After that, the couple said the man went to the passenger side of the truck and pulled out his gun.
“He proceeds to point it and say, ‘Hey, little mamma, you’re about to get popped, I’m about to get you little mamma,'” the husband said.
You can see the gun in the man’s hand when he goes back to the front of the truck. He goes back inside the apartment and then comes back out a short time later.
Then, the couple takes off.
“He hit me, my livelihood is gone now,” the husband said. His truck was totaled.
The couple waited for deputies to show up but they were not able to find the video clips they needed to make an arrest on Sunday.
Deputies also said the man in the video did not have a weapon when he was searched.
“This was really a bad situation that had two parties that had firearms,” Constable Alan Rosen said.
Rosen said this was a scary situation that could have turned out a lot worse. His office is now investigating to find out what happened but has words of warning for drivers who find themselves in traffic crashes that escalate quickly.
“My advice to the public is to get their phone, take a picture of the license plate, when it’s safe,” Constable Rosen said. “The last thing we want you to do is put your life in danger.”