JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A father is facing charges and the Department of Children and Families is investigating after officers said a 7-year-old was traumatized Monday night during a road rage incident.

The Jacksonville's Sheriff's Office said the incident started near Dunn Avenue in Northwest Jacksonville around 7 p.m. and ended on Cassat Avenue on the Westside.

Reports show that the father, later identified as Rodrick Hobbs, 31, and the men he shot at each called police to tell their sides of the story. No one was hurt in the shooting.

Hobbs said his Camaro was hit by a car on Dunn Avenue near I-295 and the driver in the car didn’t stop, so he followed the car all the way to the Cassat Avenue exit off I-10.

Police said that's where he fired several shots at the car, which had four men inside, hitting the car at least once in the trunk. The car sped off to Riverdale Avenue and called police.

Around the same time, police said they got a call from the Hobbs, explaining that he had been the victim of a hit-and-run crash. That's how police say they zeroed in on their suspect.

“The stories were nearly identical from the start at Dunn and I-295 or whenever this chase occurred. Whether it was contact where both vehicles knew they were in a collision, regardless the four men in the (car) said they were being chased at a high speed and being shot at,” said JSO Sgt. Peter Presti.

The man who was driving the car, who wishes to remain anonymous, told News4Jax that he's still scared for his life, but he's glad to be alive after the incident.

According to the police report, the 25-year-old who was driving the car, told police he collided with the Camaro as he was merging onto Dunn Avenue from a parking lot.

He and the other men in the car told police that they didn't pull over because Hobbs pulled out a silver-colored handgun and started driving aggressively at them, trying to maneuver around the right side of the car. They said Hobbs was following them and holding the gun in his left hand, which was hanging out of the window.

They said Hobbs fired one shot on the on-ramp to I-295 south, but it missed. They said they got off on an exit to Callahan, but then got back onto to I-295 south headed toward I-10. When they were back on the highway, Hobbs fired again, the men said. He missed again.

The driver of the car said his main goal was to get away and keep his passengers safe.

"After the first shot , I said, 'Y'all get down. Y'all get down.' and 'Is everybody OK?' That's the only thing I said after ever shot," he said. "I had three people with me, you know what I'm saying? And that's me. Their lives are in my hands. I'm driving 120 mph down the interstate, you know what I'm saying? And that's the only thing I could do."

When they exited from I-10 onto Cassat Avenue, Hobbs fired a third shot that hit the rear bumper of the car, the men said. When they no longer saw Hobbs following them, they stopped to call police.

"This seems very unusual to me," News4Jax crime and safety analyst Gil Smith said. "It makes me wonder if something else was going on between the two cars before they collided or once they collided. It seems unusual for someone to brandish a weapon, fire the weapon several times, chase them and then call police when he could be the one charged with aggravated assault."

Officers found a bullet hole in the bumper of the car, and a hard hat that was inside the trunk also had a bullet hole and the 9 mm bullet was inside it, police said.

An officer also found a shell casing on the exit ramp from I-10 east to Cassat Avenue, where the men said Hobbs had fired the final shot. The men in the car positively identified Hobbs as the shooter.

Smith said it's odd that Hobbs would also call police to report the incident.

"Just showing the weapon, even just pointing the gun at them, that's assault. Not battery, because he didn't touch them or hit them, but it's still considered aggravated assault to point a weapon at someone," Smith said. "Then to go even further and fire shots. He could have hit anyone when he fired shots at the car. He's committing a criminal act, and I don't' believe he understood that because he called police."

Police found a gun in the Camaro, and Hobbs is facing a charge of shooting into an occupied vehicle. They're also looking into the possibility of child neglect charges since a 7-year-old was a passenger in the Camaro.

DCF confirmed it is investigating after the incident, but it could not release any information yet.

"They'll look at Hobbs' background to see if he had any other incidents involving children or neglect or abuse charges or anything involving children at all," Smith said. "They'll see what his family life is, see how the child is living, what his living conditions are. They'll check into all of that."

Hobbs is being held on a $150,000 bond.

The victim gave advice for anyone who finds themselves in a heated situation on the roads.

"Slow down, relax. You ain't got your life in your hands. You got everybody's lives around you," he said.

This is the fourth road rage incident involving a gun in Northeast Florida this month. The three previous incidents in May were: