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WEBVTT TIM: THE TWO TEENAGE BOYS ARE OKTONIGHT, BUT THEY ARE NERVOUSAND SHAKEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENEDON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL.TWO BROTHERS, AGES 16 AND 15,SURVIVORS OF WHAT THEIR DAD SAYSWAS A VERY CLOSE CALL.>> THANK GOD THEY'RE A BAD SHOT.I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T HIT AMINI-VAN AT POINT BLANK, THANKYOU GOD THAT THESE LUNATICS WEREA BAD SHOT.TIM: MAULDIN POLICE SAY THE TWOBROTHERS WERE DRIVING ON EASTBUTLER ROAD WHEN THEYENCOUNTERED ANOTHER VEHICLE.POLICE SAY SOMETHING HADHAPPENED.TWO WOMEN IN THE OTHER CARBECAME ENRAGED, AND ONE WOMAN,AUTHORITIES SAY, PRODUCED A GUNAND STARTED FIRING.>> EVERYBODY HEARD, 'POP, POP,POP.'TIM: HE SAYS HIS SONS FLED INTOTHIS STRIP MALL PARKING LOT,WHERE THEY CRASHED, GOT OUT OFTHE CAR AND RAN FOR SAFETY.>> THEY BOTH RAN BEHIND THISBUILDING.I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE.THEY RAN AND FOUND SOME KIND OFA RAVINE AND KIND OF HID IN THEBRUSH.TIM: BY THEN, THE TWO ROAD RAGEDWOMEN WERE GONE, BUT POLICEFOUND 3 TO 4 SHELL CASINGS FROMA SMALL CALIBER HANDGUNLITTERING THAT PART OF EASTBUTLER ROAD.ONE BROTHER HAS A SCRATCH ON HISLEG AFTER RUNNING FOR COVER.THE BOYS' PARENTS ARE INDISBELIEF.>> HEY, I THOUGHT I LEFT THISSTUFF IN DETROIT.YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EXPECT THISKIND OF NONSENSE IN GOOD OLDGREATER GREENVILLE AND MAULDIN.TIM: THEY ARE WRITING TO SCHOOL

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A woman is facing attempted murder charges after firing several shots at two Upstate teens, the Mauldin Police Department said. The shooting happened Friday around 8:40 a.m. at East Butler Road in Mauldin. Amber Micole Reese, 22, was arrested for attempted murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Police said Reese fired several shots at two victims in another vehicle during a road rage incident. Reese was arrested at Ridge Road in Greenville with the help of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, police said. She is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing. The father of the two Upstate teens, Kirk Westervelt, told WYFF News 4's Tim Waller that a woman fired shots after a minor car accident. Westervelt said the fender bender happened in front of the Crescent Wood Village shopping center, across from the Arbors at Brookfield apartments. "It was a hit-and-run/, drive-by shooting. I don't know exactly what happened. There was a fender bender of sorts, immediately resulting in gunfire," Westervelt said. He said a woman fired shots at his 15 and 16-year-old sons after the accident. Westervelt said he didn't know any other details about the fender bender but there was no damage to his sons' car. "There was some sort of fender bender. (My) son tried to do the right thing and pulled over to see if they wanted to exchange information. (The) young lady decided to pull out (a) gun and start shooting at both of my sons," Westervelt said. The teens were on their way to school, Westervelt said. He said his son panicked and drove into a bush after the shots were fired. "He crashed into the curb and totaled the front end of the vehicle. He put the van in park, grabbed his iPhone. They both ran behind this building and found some kind of a ravine and hid in the brush," Westervelt said. "They tell me a police officer didn't know what was going on and approached them with his gun drawn and told them to put their hands up." Mauldin High School, Mauldin Elementary School, Mauldin Middle School, the Golden Strip Career Center and Greenbrier Elementary School were all on partial lockdown Friday morning because of the incident, according to Beth Brotherton, with Greenville County Schools. She said the partial lockdown was a precautionary measure on the advice of law enforcement.