In video, guardsman defends actions in road rage shooting A Kentucky Army National Guardsman was charged with attempted murder after police said he snapped on a busy highway and shot at another driver. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT VIDEOS, THAT SUSPECT DEFENDS HIS ACTIONS. WLKY'S LAUREN ADAMS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. LAUREN: AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, MINUTES AFTER THAT INCIDENT MONDAY NIGHT ON 1-65, NEAR SHEPHERDSVILLE, THE SUSPECT TOLD POLICE HE BLACKED OUT. BUT ON THE TAPES YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, HE'S ALSO HEARD SAYING IT WAS THE OTHER DRIVER THAT WAS AGGRESSIVE, AND AT ONE POINT HE SAYS HE FEARED FOR HIS LIFE. IT'S JUST MINUTES AFTER A ROAD WAGE -- ROAD RAGE INCIDENT MONDAY NIGHT WHEN SHEPHERDSVILLE POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, CURTIS WYATT. WHILE POLICE CHECKED ON HIS SON, WYATT STARTED TALKING, SAYING HE BLACKED OUT WHEN HE SAW ANOTHER CAR COMING AT HIM. >> MY ADRENALINE GETS GOING REALLY BAD. SELF-DEFENSE. HE WAS COMING AT ME, PLOWING INTO ME. LAUREN: BUT THAT OTHER DRIVER, WHO TALKED TO WLKY TUESDAY, HAD A DIFFERENT STORY. JASEN SHULTS SAYS WYATT HAD BEEN TAILING HIM, AND WHEN HE TRIED TO SWITCH LANES ON I-65 SOUTH, WYATT GOT AHEAD OF HIM, SLAMMED ON HIS BREAKS, AND THEN FIRED OFF A SHOT. >> I LOOK OVER, AND THIS GENTLEMAN'S GOT A GUN, TAKING AIM FOR A SECOND SHOT. LAUREN: THE BULLET MISSED HIM BY MERE INCHES. HERE'S WHEN HE REALIZES THE FACT. OH MY GOD, THAT WAS SO -- CLOSE. LAUREN: LATER, STILL SHAKEN, HE TELLS POLICE. BUT WHEN SHEPHERDSVILLE POLICE INTERVIEW CURTIS WYATT BACK AT HEADQUARTERS AND TELL HIM THAT, HE SHOWS NO REACTION. >> WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL THE GUY? >> NO, NO. LAUREN: HE GOES ON, SAYING TRAFFIC H BEEN BAD, THAT'S WHY HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES, AND THEN HE SAYS HE WAS SPEEDING TO GET AHEAD OF A TRACTOR TRAILER. THEN, HE SAYS THAT OTHER DRIVER HIT HIM, AND THAT'S WHEN HE BLACKED OUT AND FIRED OFF A SHOT. BY THE OFFICER DOESN'T BUY IT. >> WOULD IT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO STOP AND CALL POLICE? >> I PROBABLY COULD HAVE GOTTEN, STRAIGHT, YEAH. LAUREN: IF YOU ARE WONDERING ABOUT HIS SON, HE IS FINE. HIS MOTHER PICKED HIM UP THAT NIGHT. CURTIS WYATT, MEANWHILE, CHARGED

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