Window Shot Out During Rush Hour, Search For Driver

By Jamie Leary

DENVER (CBS4)- It's a case of road rage that almost cost Kera Riley her life.

It was just after 6:30 p.m. on April 21 while Riley, 21, was driving along Interstate 25 near Santa Fe. She was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

She noticed a white pickup, erratically weaving in and out of traffic so she decided to inch forward so the driver couldn't pass. The driver of the pickup turned her attention to Riley.

"I think she love tapped my car a couple times, felt a jerk so I turned around and I was like, 'Excuse me? What are you doing?' and we kept driving and sure enough, she pulled over in the right hand shoulder and she just flashed a gun at me," said Kera.

The woman then pointed the gun at Kera and pulled the trigger, "I heard the loud bang and I looked back and my window was shattered."

For a moment, Kera thought she had been shot,

"I kinda started panicking a little bit, looked around on me to see if I was okay, had any injuries... I was fine."

Kera made two calls: one to police and one to her mother.

"It was the scariest call I've ever gotten to have your daughter tell you, mom I'm on the highway and somebody shot at me," said Melissa Sack, Kera's mother.

Melissa's first concern was her daughter but her second concern was finding the suspect.

"If this girl is going to pull out a gun on the highway in the middle of traffic, what will she do next?" asked Melissa.

The following Thursday, Denver police combed through the broken glass on Kera's car floor, hoping to find the bullet. They didn't find the bullet but they did note Kera's detailed description of the suspect and the car she was driving.

Kera told police that the suspect was a white or Hispanic female in her late 20s. She had a medium build and slicked back black hair with some facial tattoos. The truck was distinct. It was a white pick-up with no license plates and no brand or model decals on it. It had a suspension lift and tinted windows.

"If anyone can help, if anyone saw anything or anyone had an incident with a similar truck… anything. Anything that can help. We're just trying to find the person that did it," said Kera.

Looking back, Kera says she wishes she would've let the woman through.

"It wasn't worth it," said Kera.

Jamie Leary reports on the CBS4 Morning News. Email her story ideas and connect with her on Twitter or Facebook.