Missouri man sought in shocking road rage attack on woman

Police in Arnold, Missouri are seeking 50-year-old suspect Scott F. Heatherly

The moment an out-of-control man tackled a woman and nearly ran over her in a road rage dispute has been caught on surveillance camera.

Police in Arnold, Missouri are seeking 50-year-old Scott F. Heatherly, whom they say is the suspect caught on camera, in connection with the assault Friday in a Walgreens parking lot. 

A police spokesman told DailyMail.com late Wednesday that Heatherly had not yet surrendered to authorities as his family had previously said he would. ‘We don’t expect him to surrender this evening,’ the spokesman said.

Heatherly has already been charged in abstentia with assault and two counts of property damage, and has been ordered held pending bail of $50,000 when he is taken into custody, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

The shocking incident unfolded on Friday evening at about 5.30pm on the southern outskirts of St. Louis, when a female driver saw a dark pickup truck tailgating her on Insterstate 55 and flashing its lights.

The woman pulled off Interstate 55 into the parking lot of this Walgreens when she noticed a pickup truck tailgating her aggressively and flashing its lights - but the truck followed her

The woman pulled off Interstate 55 into the parking lot of this Walgreens when she noticed a pickup truck tailgating her aggressively and flashing its lights – but the truck followed her

The driver of the truck (left) boxes in the woman's car and begins kicking her vehicle. When she gets out to take a picture of his license plate, the man rushes at her

The driver of the truck (left) boxes in the woman’s car and begins kicking her vehicle. When she gets out to take a picture of his license plate, the man rushes at her

Concerned for her safety, the woman called her husband for help, and he advised her to pull over in a well-lit parking lot somewhere with people around.

The woman pulled off the freeway and into the parking lot of a Walgreens – but the pickup truck followed her and parked behind her, boxing her in.

Surveillance video of the incident shows the pickup driver exiting his vehicle and kicking the woman’s car multiple times.

She reported that he was screaming about her throwing something out of her car on the interstate, but said she had no idea what he was talking about.

When he returned to his truck, the woman is seen getting out of her car to take a picture of his license plate.

Suddenly, he jumps out and charges at her, tackling her to the ground.

Snatching her cell phone, he hurls it off into the parking lot and stomps back to his car. 

The suspect tackles the woman to the ground, scraping her hands and knees

The suspect tackles the woman to the ground, scraping her hands and knees

He then snatches her cell phone and hurls it across the parking lot, damaging the device

He then snatches her cell phone and hurls it across the parking lot, damaging the device

As the Good Samaritans surround the pickup truck attempting to prevent it from leaving, the suspect guns the engine and pulls out, nearly striking several people

As the Good Samaritans surround the pickup truck attempting to prevent it from leaving, the suspect guns the engine and pulls out, nearly striking several people

Shaken, the woman stands up and goes to retrieve her phone, as several bystanders who witnessed the attack rush over – including one off-duty Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy. 

As the Good Samaritans surround the pickup truck attempting to prevent it from leaving, the suspect guns the engine and pulls out, nearly striking several people.

The shaken victim was left with scraped hands and knees in the assault, and her phone was damaged.

‘She’s afraid to go outside,’ Arnold Police Lieutenant James Jones told the Post. ‘She’s still shaken up and scared.’

The suspect Heatherly has prior convictions for assault, domestic assault, endangering the welfare of a child and violating an order of protection.

He lives less than a mile from where the attack took place, on the 3800 block of Petrified Forrest Drive.

Anyone with information about Heatherly’s whereabouts is urged to call Arnold police at 636-296-3204.



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