2 Milwaukee teenagers shot at in road rage incident while driving to school

At that same intersection Tuesday morning, two teenagers were shot at while driving to school in what they describe as a "road rage" incident. In a CBS 58 exclusive, Montse Ricossa spoke with the teens and their mom, who say reckless driving, especially in that area, has to stop.

Siblings Amaya and Anthony were running late to school, driving northbound on the 27th St. bridge in Milwaukee on Sept. 9. To try to make the light, Anthony says he cut off a driver while switching lanes. In return, the driver started shooting at him and his younger sister. "I just thought it was a normal morning, like oh, I’m gonna be heading to school and think I’ll be ok. I didn’t think a random person would just start shooting at my car," shared Amaya.

Anthony said the driver, after being cut off, pulled up to the side of their car, waving a gun out the window, and started shooting at the hood and the windshield. 

"Just know you almost killed two innocent people. Two innocent children finishing high school."

To avoid the shooter, Anthony swerved onto the curb, which caused the front bumper to come off. Several bullets impacted the car: on the hood, through the driver's side windshield, the rear passenger side door, the trunk, and a tire.

"You could tell he tried to kill me because he shot the windshield and the hood. Thank God the two bullets missed, because... who knows what could've happened? I could've got hit in my shoulder, bullets in the door could've hit me, bullets in the trunk could've hit me or my sister," said Anthony.

The car belongs to the teenagers' mother, Christy, who said she needs it to drive to work as a single mom. But it's currently unusable.

"Yeah, the damage sucks. But at the end of the day, my kids are here. When I see how bad it was, I could've lost them," she said.

Amaya said she doesn't understand why someone would shoot at them. "You can see there are two children in the car. A human being, having common sense, you should realize you shouldn't shoot at a car, especially if it’s just specifically trying to move over. There should be no reason for you to shoot at the car or try and do something worse. It's not fair to us... both of our lives could've been lost today," she said.  

This reckless driving incident is just one of many plaguing Milwaukee. Amaya worries it's becoming normalized, and said this will surely cause trauma. She's now worried about seeing the same vehicle the suspect was in and being worried it's him.

Christy said it was a nightmare waking up to hear her kids were nearly taken from her. "I’m grateful- my kids, I can still hug them tonight. The violence, the gun violence, needs to end. You're trying to take innocent kids' lives. They're not hoodlums, they're not running the streets. They're going to school at 7:30 in the morning. Enough is enough, it's gotta stop."

Frustration was expressed by the family, as Amaya said, anyone who gets that angry over being cut off shouldn't have a license or a gun.

A GoFundMe has been started to help Christy fix her car so she and her kids can use it. She says her insurance won't cover any of the costs.

Milwaukee police say they're still searching for an unknown suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department at (414) 935-7232 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 Tips app.