Houston \u2013 A Houston-area mother says she and her teenage daughter are still shaken up after a road rage encounter on the Katy Freeway that ended with a gunshot Tuesday night\u2014 all caught on cellphone video.<\/p>\n
Houston police confirmed a road rage incident was reported Tuesday night near the 7600 block of the Katy Freeway.<\/p>\n
The woman, who asked to be identified only as \u201cMary\u201d out of fear for her safety, said she was driving with her 16-year-old daughter when a gray Cadillac Escalade suddenly pulled in front of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo as me and my daughter were going up I-10, a car suddenly moved in front of us,\u201d Mary said. \u201cSo I just went around and they got back in front.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary said the situation escalated quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey got on the side of us and they looked in the car and I saw a woman pull a Tiffany Blue pistol, a handgun,\u201d Mary said.<\/p>\n
According to Mary, the Escalade continued moving aggressively around their vehicle while her daughter started recording video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was when my daughter literally started recording again and got the shot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In the cellphone video obtained by KPRC 2, a gunshot can be heard ringing out during the encounter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just in shock honestly,\u201d Mary said. \u201cCouldn\u2019t really believe it. It was never that serious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary described the driver as a young Black man with long dreadlocks or twists. She said the female passenger, who she says fired the shot, was wearing a bonnet.<\/p>\n
Despite fearing for their safety, Mary said she tried to follow the Escalade in an attempt to get the license plate number.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really wanted the police to get them,\u201d she said. \u201cIt looked like they were going to kill us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary said she called 911 four times and waited more than two hours for police to arrive before eventually filing a report at Houston Police Department\u2019s Dairy Ashford station.<\/p>\n
The incident comes amid several other recent road rage cases reported across the Houston area.<\/p>\n
Last month, authorities said a road rage incident involving three vehicles on Greenhouse Road near Morton Road escalated into gunfire. Deputies said one of the vehicles involved had a 9-year-old passenger inside.<\/p>\n
In another case from this past March in northwest Harris County, cellphone video captured a man approaching a woman while holding what appeared to be a machete during a confrontation on Highway 249 near Grant Road.<\/p>\n
Mary said this was the first time she had personally experienced road rage violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still pretty shaken up and I just want justice honestly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information in the Katy Freeway incident is asked to contact Houston police.<\/p>\n
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