Bullet 'grazed' head of 8-year-old boy injured in road rage incident, dad says
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AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A bullet grazed the head of an 8-year-old boy during what Amarillo police called a road rage incident.
Eric Frausto said his son, Nicco, suffered a skull fracture, but x-rays showed there were no bullet fragments in his son's head.
Nicco underwent surgery on Saturday at a Lubbock hospital and was released Sunday.
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Nicco was shot around 11 p.m. Friday.
Eric said another driver ran a red light and almost hit them.
When Eric honked, he said the driver, later identified as 58-year-old Frankie Lee Haigood, fired multiple shots, "hitting my son in the head."
One of the bullets went through the rear window and then through the headrest of the back seat where Nicco was sitting.
According to Eric, Haigood tried to get away, so he sped up and rammed into him.
An officer in the area drove up on the scene thinking it simply was a wreck that had just occurred.
But that quickly changed when she learned Nicco had been shot in the head.
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Scanner traffic after the incident and intersection where Eric Frausto rammed the driver who he said shot at him, hitting his son, after running a red light (Steve Douglass/KVII)
Scanner traffic
*Officer: SE 10th and Cleveland.We need EMS Code 3.
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Dispatcher: 10th and Cleveland on a major 10-50, juvenile with a gunshot wound to the head.
Haigood was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Nicco is still swollen and bruised. But his dad said he's expected to make a full recovery.