LAWTON, Okla_A man visiting Lawton on a business trip
said he got a rude welcome from a couple of people who chased him and pounded
his car with a crowbar. Nick Campbell said it started in the parking lot of a
hotel near 44th Street
and Cache Road.
He said he was trying leave the parking lot, but a man driving a white pickup
blocking the exit would not budge. He said the two exchanged words but that was
not the end of it. Within minutes, he was driving as fast as he could to get
away.
He said he
never thought after waking up Monday morning and checking out of the hotel,
he'd have such a horrific experience trying to leave a parking lot.
The dent and
several scratches on the driver's door of Campbell's
black Mercedes are evidence of the attack. He said after that brief argument in
the parking lot, he realized he was being followed.
"He
followed me out of the parking lot and I just ignored him. I drove to the bank
to make my deposit."
Campbell said he was
not followed into the bank's parking lot, but he did see the truck again, just
a couple miles further down Cache Road.
To make things worse, there was another man with him.
"When they
pulled up next to my car his friend leaned out the car and he had a metal
object in his hand. It happened so fast all I heard was 'pow' I thought he had
shot inside my car."
Campbell said he sped
away, made his way toward Gore and headed east at close to 80 miles an hour. By
the time he reached Flowermound he had a 911 operator on the car's phone.
"She said
to go to the police station. I said ma'am I'm going 80 miles per hour through
the middle of town. If you can't find me just look for a black Mercedes driving
through town at 80 miles per hour."
Campbell said he had
been on the phone with 911 for several minutes trying to navigate his way to
the police station. He said once he pulled up there things did a complete 360.
He said the
passenger got out and tossed the crowbar at his car and they took off again. Campbell said when he
realized they didn't have guns he chased them, until he was able to get a tag
number for police.
"Only
thing I was worried about was when I was driving through town like that, going
through those red lights I did not like doing that, but you know I'm just
trying to get to safety."
Campbell said once he
told police what happened they informed him going after his attackers was not
safe, but luckily nothing worse happened.
7News spoke to detectives working the case and they say they are
reviewing surveillance video from the hotel with photos of the suspects to
better find Campbell's
attackers.
