>>> HE GETS OUT AND STARTS SHOOTING AT US.
MY HUSBAND SAW HIM START
SHOOTING AT US.
AND WE GOT ON TO THE MEDIAN.
WE SAW HIM COMING CLOSER.
I WAS LOOKING IN A MIRROR,
LOOKING BACK.
LOOKING BACK. AND I COULD SEE HIM LOADING UP A
GUN.
GUN. IT LOOKED LIKE A LONG, BLACK GUN
THAT I SAW.
AND I SAW MY HUSBAND.
WE NEEDED TO GET OFF THE
INTERSTATE.
INTERSTATE. MY HUSBAND GOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE MEDIAN.
WE GOT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON
THE SERVICE ROAD TURNING BACK
FROM MIDLAND.
FROM MIDLAND. HE SHOT AT US AGAIN WHEN HE
PASSED US.
PASSED US. THANKFULLY HE DIDN’T HIT US OR
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. >> THIS IS "UP."
I’M ALISON MORRIS IN FOR DAVID
GURA.
GURA. AND ODESSA, TEXAS, REELING FROM
YESTERDAY’S MASS SHOOTING.
ONE OF THE EYEWITNESSES TO THAT
SHOOTING BARELY MISSED BEING
STRUCK BY THE SHOOTER.
WE REACHED OUT TO HER THIS
MORNING AND SHE HAS BEEN
GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO JOIN US NOW
NOW.
NOW. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
>> WELL, I’M PRETTY MUCH A HOT
MESS.
MESS. >> WITH GOOD REASON.
>> I’M EMOTIONAL.
COULD YOU JUST RUN US THROUGH
WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY?
>> I THOUGHT RUNNING A LITTLE
ERRAND WITH MY HUSBAND AND MY
GRANDSON.
GRANDSON. WE WERE STOPPED AT A LIGHT.
AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, WE
WERE -- THERE WERE TWO CARS IN
FRONT OF ME.
WE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD.
AND WE HEARD WHAT TURNED OUT TO
BE SHOTS.
BE SHOTS. THEY WERE SOUNDS AND DIDN’T MAKE
SENSE.
SENSE. I ASKED MY HUSBAND IF THE CAR IN
FRONT OF US HAD BACKFIRED OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. THEY WERE ODD, OUT OF PLACE.
I LOOKED TO MY LEFT, I WAS
DRIVING, AND THE MAN -- HE WAS
IN THE GOLD SEDAN AT THE TIME.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> HE -- I LOOKED OVER MY
SHOULDER, AND HE WAS THERE.
HE WAS POINTING HIS GUN AT OUR
VEHICLE, AT MY WINDOW.
AND I MEAN, HE WAS SO CLOSE TO
ME.
ME. I COULD SEE HIM.
I FREAKED OUT, OBVIOUSLY.
THERE’S A GUY, HE HAS A GUN.
AND IT SET IN WHAT THOSE SOUNDS
WERE.
WERE. I’M SURE THE FIRST SET OF
WHATEVER HAPPENED WERE AIMED AT
US.
US. THEN, I JUST STARTED HONKING.
AND SWERVING TO ONE SIDE TO GET
AROUND THE TWO CARS IN FRONT OF
US.
US. I DON’T KNOW IF MY HONKING, MAY
HAVE STARTLED THE PERSON IN
FRONT OF ME.
SHE MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND I
SHOT THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN
THOSE TWO CARS.
RIGHT AS I DID THAT, THERE WERE
THREE MORE SHOTS FIRED.
I BELIEVE THEY WERE FIRED AT US.
THERE WAS NO PURCHASE.
HE HAD JUST COME OFF I-20.
AND I BELIEVE HE WAS RUNNING,
OBVIOUSLY, THE SITUATION HE HAD
WITH THE OFFICER ON I-20.
IT WAS RIGHT AT THAT TIME.
WE DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A ROAD
RAGE THING.
RAGE THING. AS I AXELCCELERATED BETWEEN THE
CARS, HE FOLLOWED ME AND WAS
PULLING UP, AGAIN, TO THE SIDE
OF THE BACK PANEL OF MY CAR.
I SAW HIM IN THE MIRROR, I WAS
SPEEDING.
SPEEDING. I WAS DRIVING EXTREMELY FAST,
AWAY FROM HIM.
AND MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS, I HAD
TO GET AWAY FROM HIM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ROAD RAGE.
I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT AT THE
TIME.
TIME. I WAS LOOKING FOR ANY WAY TO GET
AWAY FROM THAT MAN, THAT CAR.
AND I TURNED INTO -- I CAME TO
ANOTHER STOPLIGHT.
ANOTHER STOPLIGHT. I WAS NOT GOING TO STOP AT THE
STOPLIGHT.
STOPLIGHT. I TURNED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT I KNEW WOULD GET ME BACK --
IT WOULDN’T DEAD END AND IT
WOULD GET ME AWAY FROM HIM.
>> DID YOU SEE POLICE AS YOU
WERE DRIVING ON THE ROAD?
I KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING SO
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. BUT DID YOU HEAR ANY SIRENS
TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE TWO
CARS AHEAD OF YOU?
>> NO.
>> NO. IT WASN’T UNTIL WE WENT THROUGH
THE LIGHT, UP AND OVER, DOWN THE
OTHER SIDE.
OTHER SIDE. AND WE SAW A POLICEMAN THAT WAS
TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM US.
HE WAS TRAVELING.
AND I BELIEVE HE WAS RESPONDING
TO THE OFFICER ON I-20.
HE WAS GOING THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS GUY WAS
CRAZY.
CRAZY. HIS FACE WAS NOT RIGHT.
HIS EYES WERE NOT RIGHT.
>> I KNOW YOU FEEL LIKE A HOT
MESS.
MESS. YOU DESCRIBED HERSELF AS JUST
SPEEDING AND HONKING YESTERDAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SHOWED
COMPOSURE AND QUICK THINKING
WHEN THAT WAS HAPPENING.
MANY OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE NEVER
EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT
TRAUMATIC.
TRAUMATIC. CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR A MOMENT
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU
REALIZE YOU’RE IN THAT KIND OF
DANGER AND WHAT TAKES OVER.
IS IT ADRENALINE?
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AT THAT
MOMENT?
MOMENT? >> FOR ME, THAT FIGHT OR FLIGHT
THING, THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IN
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY.
PSYCHOLOGY. IN SITUATIONS WHERE I FEEL LIKE
I’M THREATENED, I SUPPOSE, I
HAVE EXTREME CLARITY.
I WASHONKING AND SWERVING, I KNE
WHAT I HAD TO DO IN THAT MOMENT.
AND THEN, AFTER I GOT HOME,
AFTER I WAS SAFE AND ASKED MY
GRANDSON, AWAY FROM HIM, THEN I
BROKE DOWN.
BROKE DOWN. RELIVING IT IN MY MIND AND
SEEING THE PERSON IN SOMETHING,
I WAS A TARGET.
I WAS HIS TARGET FOR THAT
MOMENT.
MOMENT. I LIVED.
I LIVED. >> I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD YOUR
GRANDSON IN THE CAR.
HOW OLD IS YOUR GRANDSON?
HE’S 2.
HE’S 2. >> HE WAS PROBABLY THINKING,
LOOK AT GRANDMA GO.
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T -- I MEAN, CLEARLY,
PROBABLY FELT THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG.
SOMETHING WRONG. HE WAS JUST VERY CALM.
HE SAT THERE VERY QUIETLY.
HE STOPPED BABBLING.
MY HUSBAND KEPT LOOKING AND
CHECKING ON HIM BECAUSE WE WERE
SO WORRIED THAT THE FIRST SHOTS
HAD COME FROM BEHIND.
I MEAN, WE DIDN’T KNOW.
AND THEN
AND THEN THE SIDE.
THE SIDE. IT WAS CRAZY.
MY THOUGHTS WERE ALL ABOUT, NOT
ME GETTING AWAY, BUT ME GETTING
MY GRANDSON AWAY FROM THAT MAN.
I WAS -- I WAS TERRIFIED.
IT SOUNDED LIKE WHILE YOU WERE
TERRIFIED, YOU HAD VERY, VERY
CLEAR THINKING.
CLEAR THINKING. YOUR GRANDSON, EXPERIENCED THAT
CALM COMING FROM YOU.
YOU’RE THINKING, WOW, WHAT IS
GRANDMA DOING DRIVEING THAT FAST
I KNOW IT’S A TOUGH THING TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY.
AND I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR
SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US.
AND I’M GLAD YOU’RE ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I’M VERY, VERY LUCKY TODAY.