Video shows stepdad sobbing after boy shot in road-rage spat

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Heartbreaking video shows a man reacting to the shooting of his 11-year-old stepson after a road rage incident in Nevada.

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Valente Ayala, in newly released body cam footagesobs in pain and hysterically screams to a police officer that his stepson, Brandon Dominguez, was dying in the back seat of his car.

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The fatal shooting occurred Nov. 14 after Ayala collided with another driver, identified as Tyler Matthew Jones, on a Las Vegas-area freeway.

“My baby is dead. My son,” he shouts to the stunned policeman, pointing at his car.

The suspect is also seen walking towards police with his hands behind his back as he waits to be handcuffed.

What went down?

“We were road rage,” the suspect says in the video, tossing aside his jacket and turning to the officer.

“It's 100% my fault. I shot him, bro. I didn't even know there was a kid in the back,” he says as the father continues to plead with the officer to help his son.

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-Did you shoot him? says the incredulous officer before handcuffing the suspect and placing him in the back of a police cruiser.

The police officer heads toward a car with a dying boy lying behind it, although the screen is dark and the child's father cries in the background.

The video later shows the father lying on the ground before a police officer grabs his arm to comfort him.

How did the situation allegedly escalate?

Henderson Police Department said at a press conference that the incident allegedly began with a “verbal altercation” between two drivers after one car attempted to pass the other on the shoulder.

The situation escalated when the suspect fired a single shot into the vehicle, striking a boy sitting in the back seat.

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The boy's stepfather then “rammed” the suspect's car into another vehicle, police said.

They both got out of their cars in the middle of the freeway and got into what was described as a “heated altercation” before a bystander was able to flag down police.

Emergency crews treated the boy before he was taken to hospital, but he later died from his injuries.

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Gone too soon

“Brandon was the light of our family—our happy, loving boy with the biggest heart, the goofiest personality, and a joy that filled every room he entered,” Dominguez's loved ones wrote in a blog post. GoFundMe page created to raise funds for his mother Ruby Chavarria.

“Whether he was laughing, sharing stories or just sitting next to him, Brandon made every moment special. He had dreams, hopes and a future that we were so excited to watch him grow into.”

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Jones was taken into custody and held at the Henderson Detention Center on a $20,000 bond.

Court records show Jones is charged with one count of open murder with a deadly weapon enhancement and two weapons charges.

Police Department switched to Facebook ask drivers to “slow down, be patient and show restraint” after the “senseless act”.

“A child died today – a life cut short by a senseless act on our roads,” they wrote.

“Every driver, every passenger, every family on our roads deserves to return home safely.

“We owe it to this family and every family in our community to drive responsibly, exercise patience and choose calm over confrontation. Please, let's protect each other.”

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