John the Baptist Parish Louisiana on August 5th 2019 Louisiana State Police tro B received a call from a driver of a 18wheeler traveling north on Interstate 55 on a 22m long man Bridge the caller stated that he was in the right lane and a great Mustang roll past him and pointed a rifle out the window and fired several rounds striking the 18 Willer after receiving a call troopers from Troop B and Troop L begin searching for the vehicle troop Al eventually found a vehicle just getting off the man bridge on I55 and initiated a traffic [Music] stop [Applause] L Yi Sierra Alpha 076 YSA 076 it's on a silver Ford Mustang Northbound approaching post 20 55 region one 55 all right we sto 55 Northbound and we're just north of us51 business after making contact with the driver The Trooper tell him the reason for the Stop Hey Driver License Registration Insurance walk back here with it who else you got in the car with you man that's my my friend we getting out work this his car okay we just take serious driv don't put your hands in your pockets okay I'm sorry I'm sorry all right B this is why I'm stopping I was okay it's not my stop put your hands where I can see him okay there you go I'm just getting over CL I understand reason I'm stopping is because somebody called and indicated that somebody in that car pulled a weapon on them and fired a weapon out oh no I'm just I'm just telling you why I'm stopping you understand where I'm coming from yes sir how many people other people in car just okay do you have any weapons in the car no sir on lp5 all the Troopers then detain the driver to investigate the call that the Troopers received okay listen turn around put your hands behind you back no turn around I'm not arresting you but I'm handcuffing you cuz cuz I'm just going to try to figure this out so as investica a purposes okay somebody's claiming that y'all have a gun in the car all right so this is for my saf as well as yours all right you understand that now let me let me just do this you have a right to remain silent anything you say can it will be used against you in the court of law you can decide at any time to exercise your right to remain silent not answer any questions or make any statements you have a right to a lawyer and you have the right to have a lawyer present with you why you being questioned or why you giv up any statement if you cannot afford an attorney the courts will provide one for you do you understand your rights as I have read them to you all the 911 caller is also at the scene the driver then tells the trooper his version of what happened in the incident with the trucker no weapons in the car correct yes sir did y'all have any any problems with this guy in his truck back here just be honest with man we was driving and I guess he didn't look in his blind spots cuz he was like like very like real real real close to hitting us like we really ran off the road we almost ran into the bridge okay in the bridge rail all right yes sir now at any point did y'all pull anything make any gestures towards him to make him believe that y'all had a gone did now we a we had we come on we just getting out work we first we had to rain out no I'm I'm just I'm just asking man okay cuz like I said I I wasn't out there I don't know what happened and I'm trying to figure out what happened okay obvious he called and said y'all y'all had an issue and you telling me yet y'all did have an issue okay so the biggest thing here now is is whether or not there's a weapon involved it's not a weapon okay so there's no weapons in that car but it's not your car it's your buddy's car yes sir we just take turns driving all right you got any weap on you anything like that no I'm just asking nothing here all right I'm going come on back here and I'm going to put you in the back of my car okay watch your feet don't I don't want you to lose your shoes come on the trooper then talk to the victim and he tells what happened in the [Applause] incident Herman what happened boy man I was uh okay and then the on ramp full they had 18 willing trying to merge into the right lane I got old he was coming around the curve on L48 and he was so he was behind he was behind Okay and when I got on my [Applause] ass I seen back wheel my I don't know good 2 3 minutes and then he started coming window come down see Barrel the Troopers then put their attention on the passenger and the owner of the vehicle 20-year-old Nicholas s of Hammond Louisiana hold hey just sit tight you all right okay hey hey pass get out of the car put your hands up and get out of the [Applause] car come on back here man let me hey hey get your hands up walk back here come on back here back here about I'll get your shoes boy you peed yourself bro no I just got out work you know it was [Applause] raining is this your car all right I'm going do I'm going for you the same thing I afforded him listen to me you remain silent you understand your Miranda Rights okay Nicholas tell Troopers that he doesn't have a firearm but he has something similar this there's no doubt cuz your your friend even y'all had some type of issue with the man in the truck back there okay he almost hit y'all or something I I want you to be honest with you have any weapons in this vehicle it's not a it's a paintball gun not a weapon you got a paintball gun where's the paintball gun at it's in the trunk it's in the trunk on elev 45 just off of all right Nicholas then tells his side of the story pull the paint on the man no yeah all look all right I'm tell did you do it I did look my friend ain't got nothing to do with this I'm going be honest with you look look he almost we almost served off the road cuz he wasn't even looking almost knocked us off the road I ain't ly I was pissed I was pissed so I pull out the paintball game and I just shot it like one time one or two times you shot it yes sir all right okay all right fair enough you got an ID on you yeah where is it no just tell me where it's at it's in your wallet one of the Troopers retrieves the weapon out of the vehicle and the paintball guns in the truck yeah look if you just uh just pull down the back seat to grab will this open it it'll open but you're not going to be able to grab it from right there cuz I got uh speakers back [Applause] there what record was that coming again [Music] this [ __ ] right here get you killed [Applause] bro are you willing to write a statement about what happened yeah I'm going to get all that [ __ ] off of the side of my truck my hood I got blue pain all over my one of the Troopers didn't take pictures of the damaged big rig for [Applause] [Music] evidence I me I ain't got a paintball gun I understand we just I didn't know that was a paintall well no and we and hey I I listen I'm not I'm not telling you what you what you should have done or what you could have done or what you shouldn't or shouldn't do you know you feel your Li and Jeopardy you have a right to defend yourself um anyhow what I'm getting but that's that's what they shot at you and I understand where you're coming from cuz I feel the same way Ah that's where okay all right you got you right here too all right let me ask you something what do you want to do I want to press all right let me get a let me get a statement I'm going to get you to write a statement a voluntary statement about what happened I'm going get my camera and take some pictures of your truck on the side okay okay the driver is let go and the passenger Nicholas s was arrested for aggravated assault and simple damage the property I was headed this way I clocked the car right in front of him to 95 he I know I was speeding I said no you was speed gave myself away on a ride to the Paris jail Nicholas asked the trooper what's his chances of becoming a state trooper after this incident I ask you something what you got buddy uh was something like like with a charge like this can you still be a State Trooper can can you still be a state trooper with a charge like this um I would say depending on what the uh what direction this goes um you know it really would depend on if this ends up because as of right now A