VIDEO: Man fires repeatedly at driver who rear-ends him in Chamblee
CHAMBLEE, Ga. - A newly-released video from the Chamblee Police Department shows a dramatic confrontation between two drivers on Jan. 20.
In the video, a car can be seen rear-ending another vehicle at the intersection of Shallowford Road and Dresden Drive.
After the collision, the driver of the car that was rear-ended gets out of the vehicle and begins approaching the driver behind him.
He can clearly be heard yelling at the driver not to pull off as the driver puts his vehicle in reverse and begins backing away from the scene.
"The driver who was rear ended exited the vehicle, and started walking towards the other vehicle who rear ended him, and the other driver started backing up and that's when the…we'll call him the suspect…fired 12 shots from a handgun at the vehicle as it was backing up," said Chamblee Police Captain Jason Waasdorp.
The man then fired 12 shots at the reversing car from a 9mm handgun. None of the bullets hit the driver, but the car was damaged by several bullets.
"Definitely classifies as a road rage incident," said Captain Waasdorp. "Unfortunately, it's one of those random acts of violence. You know, just be alert, and if you're involved in something like this, pull over or if you need to get out of the area as quickly as possible and something like this escalates, you know, be safe and call 911."
Using Chamblee Police's Flock License Plate Reader System, officers identified both vehicles involved.
The suspected shooter's vehicle was found in the parking lot of the Quality In on Northeast Expressway. A search warrant was obtained for the room registered to the driver and for the vehicle.
On Jan. 23, Chamblee police officers conducted a surveillance operation at Quality Inn. After 6 hours, they arrested the suspect, Alex Bane, as he left his room.
Bane was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, criminal damage to property, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
He also has an active arrest warrant for a firearms violation out of Pennsylvania and will be extradited.
Jonathan Rasmussen lives right near the scene and says all the noise woke him up.
"I look, there was movement going on, didn't really see what's happening. You know, call the non-emergency number and I was like I'm not really sure what's going on," he told Fox 5 on Thursday. "Makes me worried about the neighborhood that we live in and the police presence because this is a very busy intersection."
Bane remains in the DeKalb County Jail awaiting extradition.