A man who was recorded on video pulling a gun out on a woman and her daughter in a fit of road rage near the Fort Lauderdale airport turned himself into jail on Thursday.
John William Morici, 40, of Dania Beach, faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday.
Morici was driving a black Dodge Durango about 7 p.m. April 29 when he and a woman who had just picked her daughter up from a flight were driving near one another, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The woman tried to exit the airport and turned on her left blinker, but the Dodge Durango driver sped up and wouldn’t allow her in.
The woman then slowed down, changed lanes and was driving behind the SUV when Morici slammed on his brakes, the Sheriff’s Office said. The woman again changed lanes and drove to pass Morici, with her daughter recording on her cellphone.
The video, released by the Sheriff’s Office, captured Morici’s license plate number, and Morici was seen briefly pointing a gun out the window as the woman and her daughter pulled up next to the Dodge.
Morici quickly put the gun back down after seeing he was being recorded and fled toward South Federal Highway, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Court records and attorney information were not available Friday.
Morici remained in the Main Jail as of Friday afternoon.