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GOOD EVENING,
I'M MALORIE
MADDOX.
AND I'M JOHN
KNICELY.
TONIGHT: TWO
OMAHA MEN ARE
FACING
CHARGES AFTER
A DISTURBING
CASE OF ROAD
RAGE.
IT'S A STORY
THAT INVOLVES
TWO CARS -- A
FAST CHASE --
AND A BABY.
WE JUST
TOUCHED THE
SURFACE LAST
NIGHT ABOUT
THIS INCIDENT.
TONIGHT,
BRANDON SCOTT
TALKS TO BOTH
DRIVERS WHO
EACH
EXPRESSED
HAVING A FEAR
OF THE OTHER
GUY.
WHAT STARTED AS A
MINOR CRASH HERE
AT 32ND AND
SORENSEN
PARKWAY QUICKLY
TURNED INTO A
DRAMATIC -- AND
DANGEROUS CASE
OF ROAD RAGE.
I'VE GOTTA GET A
BUMPER. A HOOD.
EMBARRASSED
AND FACING
LEGAL TROUBLE,
JAMES MORRIS
WOULD ONLY
AGREE TO AN
INTERVIEW IF WE
DIDN'T SHOW HIS
FACE.
I LOST IT. I
SHOULDN'T HAVE
LOST IT. I JUST
DIDN'T WANT HIM TO
GET AWAY
JAMES MORRIS
ADMITS HE LOST
HIS TEMPER
TUESDAY WHEN
HE CHASED
DOWN DONOVAN
FRYER AFTER
FRYER, WHO
CLAIMS HIS CAR
HAD BAD
BRAKES, RAN A
RED LIGHT AND
SLAMMED INTO
MORRIS ON THE
BUSY SORENSEN
PARKWAY.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
A CHANCE TO GET
HIS LICENSE PLATE
NUMBER BECAUSE
HE TOOK OFF. ALL I
WANTED HIM TO DO
WAS PULL OVER. I
WAS MAD. I KEPT
TELLING HIM TO
PULL OVER.
BUT FRYER
NEVER PULLED
OVER -- SO
MORRIS SPED
AFTER HIM --
TRYING TO PUSH
FRYER OFF THE
ROAD.
I WANTED HIM TO
STOP. I DIDN'T WANT
HIM TO GET AWAY
I SPOKE TO FRYER
OFF-CAMERA AND HE
ADMITTED THAT HE
WAS DRIVING
WITHOUT A LICENSE.
HE SAID HE'S BEEN
TOO BUSY TO GET
ONE. HE ALSO SAID
HE KNEW HIS CAR'S
BRAKES WERE BAD
AND THAT HE DID
LEAVE THE SCENE
OF THE CRASH. BUT
HE SAID THE ONLY
REASON HE LEFT IS
BECAUSE HE WAS
SCARED. HE
THOUGHT MORRIS
HAD A GUN.
FRYER SAYS HE
FEARED FOR HIS
LIFE -- AND THE
LIFE OF HIS 2
YEAR-OLD SON
NYSHAUN -- WHO
WAS ALSO IN THE
CAR.
HE SAYS HE DROVE
AWAY BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT YOU
WERE LOSING YOUR
TEMPER AND HE
SAW YOU REACH
FOR WHAT HE
THOUGHT WAS A
GUN. NO. NO. DID
YOU HAVE A GUN IN
YOUR CAR? NO I DID
NOT. I'VE NEVER
OWNED A GUN IN MY
LIFE. NEVER EVEN
SHOT A GUN.
NOW MORRIS
FACES A CHARGE
OF WILLFUL
RECKLESS
DRIVING... AND
FRYER FACES
SEVERAL OTHER
CHARGES --
INCLUDING CHILD
ENDANGERMENT.
I'M TELLING YA, ALL
HE HAD TO DO WAS
STOP
MORRIS TELLS ME
HE'S GLAD NO ONE
WAS HURT -- AND HE
WAS SORRY WHEN
HE LEARNED THERE
WAS A CHILD IN THE
CAR. AND AS FOR
HIS CHARGE OF
WILLFUL RECKLESS
DRIVING -- HE SAID
HE DESERVES IT.
REPORTING AT 32ND
& SORENSEN WITH
PHOTOGRAPHER
ADAM PREISTER, I'M
BRANDON SCOTT,
WOWT 6 NEWS.
AS FOR THE 2
YEAR-OLD BOY
INVOLVED... HE'S
SAFE AND
UNHARMED.
THE OFFICER
WHO WITNESSED
A GOOD PART OF
THE INCIDENT
REPORTED THAT
BOTH MEN WERE
INTENTIONALLY
RAMMING EACH
OTHER.