Road Raging Man Runs Over Young Girl 3 Times For Taking a Picture

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:00]The video shows him. All right, he's running her over.

[00:00:03]>> On a sunny morning in Elizabeth, New Jersey, a small car accident quickly turned into something horrifying. On April 12th, 2022, 56-year-old Vincent Jean backed his SUV into another car and tried to drive away. But when 23-year-old Morgan Scott got out with her phone to take a picture of his license plate, things suddenly became violent.

[00:00:24]>> People to get the plate, he took off down.

[00:00:27]>> I'm a nurse. I made sure she was stable and she's everything.

[00:00:29]>> That's a part of her car.

[00:00:30]>> That's a part of the guy's car. I'm telling you what happened. I pull out of school 23.

[00:00:35]>> Uhhuh.

[00:00:35]>> Dropped the kid off. I'm about to go to work. Coming down, she's already out the car. So she's arguing with the guy. He's in his car and I'm just like, you know, must be domestic [ __ ] >> So then, >> yeah, we female down on the ground.

[00:00:49]>> Capture his window with you.

[00:00:51]>> He took off.

[00:00:52]>> So then she start recording like I'm going to get the plate. Get the plate.

[00:00:55]He took the [ __ ] like from Grand Theft Auto like no lie. Like just like reversing all types of crazy to the point where she ran this way.

[00:01:04]>> Yeah. So the whole [ __ ] he took off then the bus blocked him off. Yeah.

[00:01:09]>> Listen. Uh just come over here going. I'm hearing a lot of noise.

[00:01:14]>> So just uh tell me what happened.

[00:01:16]>> So boom. I pull out. You pull out.

[00:01:18]>> I see her on the street like walking like along it. But her car's here. The white one. I guess the white one right here. It's Lexus.

[00:01:24]>> Alexis. That's her been added to a hot list.

[00:01:28]>> That's uh her car.

[00:01:29]>> I'm Yeah, that's her car.

[00:01:31]>> I got the video.

[00:01:31]>> I got a video.

[00:01:33]>> She got a video of her phone too cuz she was recording him.

[00:01:36]>> The school bus lady.

[00:01:38]>> No, no, the the victim.

[00:01:40]>> She was recording the plate to get the plate. So that's what he must have saw that and just start like >> Yeah, it's still a lot of voice. All right, so keep going.

[00:01:46]>> So basically she came >> she was on the street. walking along the side while he was so she tapped his window with like an umbrella or some type of [ __ ] I don't know.

[00:01:57]>> In the car.

[00:01:57]>> He was already in the car. So then he took off. So she goes to start recording. He sees that like and turn full the Grand Theft Auto mode like is literally driving her along. You see like just reversing trying to angle it to hit her. So she cuts this way. He jumps the curb and literally just run.

[00:02:14]He trips, you know, runs her over. So he tried to bounce but the bus was there.

[00:02:18]So the bus saw that and blocked him off.

[00:02:20]So it took him a little longer to maneuver out of here. So he was able to get the plate. He took off down there.

[00:02:27]>> No.

[00:02:28]>> What color was it?

[00:02:30]>> We were coming up the street.

[00:02:31]>> That's the video right there.

[00:02:36]>> What is it? What kind of car is it?

[00:02:38]>> Silver.

[00:02:39]>> A silver. He has a He has a muffler in the back.

[00:02:43]>> That's his muffler right there.

[00:02:44]>> Yeah, but he had >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He came up here when we saw >> there was still come back down.

[00:02:52]>> Oh yeah. Um yeah, he has the piece of the muffler.

[00:02:55]>> Appreciate that. Thank you. If you could just stay here and give me send me that to my work phone, please.

[00:02:59]>> What's he? Okay.

[00:03:03]>> They put it on clock already.

[00:03:04]>> Yeah, but the guy has a video.

[00:03:06]>> Okay. No, I know. But that's what I'm saying. Just to see if the car is around here. They put on park. It's coming back to Irvington.

[00:03:13]So unless you want to have to see if they can respond there.

[00:03:20]>> Are they from the area or they chose?

[00:03:24]>> Those are all pass. Okay.

[00:03:29]>> Police say Jean snapped and used his Mitsubishi SUV like a weapon, chasing Scott across nearby lawns before running her over three times and fleeing the scene. They have a video and everything.

[00:03:38]The whole thing. Yeah, the whole him coming on here and literally Yeah, the video shows him running her over.

[00:03:47]>> Huh?

[00:03:48]>> It's a silver like a >> looks like a mini hatchback, >> like an SUV.

[00:03:56]>> I'm cutting her clothes. I see if you want to put on your camera just so you know what I'm cutting.

[00:03:59]>> I just cut here and here.

[00:04:07]98.

[00:04:16]>> We're going to move around.

[00:04:20]>> Scott somehow survived suffering serious injuries including fractures to her spine, neck, ribs, and femur.

[00:04:27]>> Can you move your other arm by any chance? Is that what? That one? No.

[00:04:31]>> Yeah. We don't want her to move.

[00:04:32]>> Okay. So, don't move. Okay. Okay.

[00:04:33]>> All right. Let's bring her into a neutral position. Bring her arm down.

[00:04:36]She can move it. How we can support >> um I believe >> nobody really >> those are all pass by, right?

[00:04:48]>> Yeah. So they were video. So he was arguing with her.

[00:04:53]>> She started recording.

[00:04:54]>> He got mad, got into his car, she started running.

[00:04:57]>> Then he ran. He hit her here, dragged her this way, came out that way, reversed, and hit her again. And then >> coming back to Urban.

[00:05:12]>> Yeah.

[00:05:13]>> Yeah. Right. Yeah. What we're looking for?

[00:05:16]>> Is that knee or femur?

[00:05:19]>> Probably. Uh.

[00:05:21]>> Okay. Before you move her, can we try to palate and see if it's just the femur?

[00:05:25]If it was a femur and knee. If it's just a fem put a traction on her.

[00:05:28]>> No. Is this her boyfriend or ex or >> No. You know, he um that's her car right there.

[00:05:35]>> Mhm. He probably hit her door. Um he tried to get away.

[00:05:39]>> Who was this man? Is what?

[00:05:42]>> You don't You don't know?

[00:05:43]>> No. No. Random. I was told that she took a video with her phone and I put it in my pocket somewhere. Here, her phone.

[00:05:52]Oh, yeah. I got it. So, she said that she took a video of him of the car.

[00:05:58]>> So, you don't know who this man is?

[00:06:00]>> No, she's going to work. She works downtown Elizabeth. And >> it's okay. You're doing good. You're doing good. You're doing good. You got to You're doing good. I just have >> Oh, sure.

[00:06:11]>> If you could just stick around a few minutes, we're going to have a detective come talk to you.

[00:06:15]>> No problem.

[00:06:16]>> This is going to be pretty serious.

[00:06:18]>> Okay.

[00:06:20]>> I got her information and his information. He's the one that had the video and she's one of witnesses.

[00:06:24]>> All right. that make sure that video ID name and full number for everyone who witnessed it.

[00:06:33]>> Okay. All right. All right. We're going to have you hang out around for a few minutes. We're going to have a detective phone call. All right. Thank you very much.

[00:06:42]>> You saw the car where the Jeep is the >> We heard the bang and then we went ran up here and he's cutting out going down the street.

[00:06:50]>> Yeah, but we saw him going Well, I saw him going over this lawn. turn and go in here.

[00:06:55]>> Yeah. Yeah. Go. He was chasing her at that time.

[00:06:58]>> Thank you.

[00:06:59]>> You heard about >> I might That's your That's your number.

[00:07:01]I might check you. I might need your information.

[00:07:04]>> Sorry. It's just a lag now. Right now we're trying to do her car over there, boy.

[00:07:09]>> Yeah. 911, but all she's still in there. Sorry.

[00:07:14]>> She probably cared to get the [ __ ] back open. So, >> that's probably Do you you guys did you guys see anything?

[00:07:22]>> Yeah. I just seen the car.

[00:07:23]>> I heard that she was tapping. Any reason why she was tapping on his >> N? It looked like she got hit, but >> Yeah, she said he hit her car.

[00:07:32]>> Oh, that's probably >> That's what she said. He He hit her car.

[00:07:34]>> That's probably tried to dip off and then she started hitting on him or or the car window and then I don't know.

[00:07:40]She got aggressive after that, bro.

[00:07:42]>> That's That's her dip. I see her start here every day, bro.

[00:07:47]Well, >> she lay down the block. That's crazy.

[00:07:49]told my mom across the street.

[00:07:53]>> She not trying.

[00:07:53]>> I'm just trying to I'm trying to uh We have no idea right now. We're just trying to reveal information >> so they could get this plane and stop him.

[00:08:06]>> So clearly she had to be on the right side of the street.

[00:08:09]>> Yeah.

[00:08:11]>> Or or they were both driving. I don't know.

[00:08:13]>> No, cuz look at her back tire.

[00:08:15]>> She whacked it.

[00:08:16]>> No, I'm saying Oh, no. She whacked it.

[00:08:18]She rubbed on the curb to come over here to stop her >> and uh I'm sorry. What were you what was the statement you were giving me?

[00:08:24]>> Oh no, I just seen the when the guy like jumped the curb and I seen the car on the curb, but I wasn't sure like what was actually happening cuz my daughter just let you know she just left to go to school. So when I came out, that's when I seen them back out and just bolt down the street.

[00:08:42]>> So I'm like, "Oh, all right." You know, just some regular friend Bender [ __ ] I didn't see this. And then that's when I started walking over there and that's when I saw her like on the grass. I'm like, "Oh man, get the out of here. This is where >> Yeah.

[00:08:57]>> So I asked her. I was like, "Yo, did you know the guy?" She's like, "No, I don't know."

[00:09:00]>> Thinking that uh he hit her and she was trying to stop him.

[00:09:05]>> Okay. Yeah, cuz uh the mom's here now and she's saying that she doesn't have a boyfriend or anything.

[00:09:14]>> She not paralyzed, right?

[00:09:22]information.

[00:09:29]>> We'll give her the phone back.

[00:09:33]>> 1150.

[00:09:34]>> Witness videos and surveillance cameras helped police quickly track Jean down just blocks away where officers found him sitting reclined inside his SUV.

[00:09:46]All right. See your hands.

[00:09:48]>> Your hands.

[00:09:48]>> Get out of the car. Get out of the car.

[00:09:50]Get out of the car. Hands back. Back.

[00:09:57]>> You have anything on you?

[00:09:59]>> Huh?

[00:10:00]>> Huh?

[00:10:01]>> Um I don't know.

[00:10:02]>> Do you have any knives?

[00:10:08]>> Going to be over primary. Keller secondary. We're going to be on Marian Madison with this vehicle. Mike 13, Papa Juliet, golf, one occupant. Everything's fine.

[00:10:26]>> Have a seat.

[00:10:29]Sit down.

[00:10:34]Okay. So, we're going to talk about this accident this morning. Okay. Um, your your vehicle was involved in the accident. Okay. Do you who else drives your vehicle? Who else was driving your vehicle this morning? When we when we met, you were in your vehicle, correct?

[00:10:48]Well, then when the officers first saw you, you were in your vehicle. Yes. Yes, sir.

[00:10:51]>> Was there anyone else using your vehicle this morning?

[00:10:54]>> Hello.

[00:10:54]>> No, nobody else was using >> What time did you wake up this morning?

[00:10:58]>> Uh almost like uh 7:30.

[00:11:02]>> And where do you live now?

[00:11:04]>> Uh I live in uh Westminster. Okay. And the problem that you have is being that you're the only person >> um who is driving your car. We're correct in that.

[00:11:13]>> Yes.

[00:11:14]>> Well, that makes it uh at this point, you are no longer free to leave.

[00:11:19]>> We don't have any charges for you right now, but you're not free to We made a statement earlier before we started having the conversation that you were free to leave. Based on your statement that you were the only one driving the car, you're no longer free to leave. We still want to talk. We still want to have a conversation. We don't have charges right now, but the prosecutor is monitoring the interview. He's advise us to tell you that you are no longer free to leave. Do you understand that?

[00:11:40]>> Okay.

[00:11:41]>> Okay. Back where we were. Can I have your phone number?

[00:11:44]>> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Okay.

[00:11:46]>> One of the things as detectives, what we try to do is is we don't try to find out if people did things, didn't do things, but also why they did things. If something went terribly wrong this morning, I think it's in your best It's it it might be in your best interest to tell us what happened.

[00:12:00]>> Yes.

[00:12:01]>> What happened this morning? I don't know. I don't really know. So, >> okay, let's start simple. Did you have a car accident this morning?

[00:12:09]>> Um, not not did I? Not Not really.

[00:12:12]>> Did you have an argument with a woman this morning?

[00:12:15]>> No, not really.

[00:12:16]>> And you're the only person who drives your car, correct?

[00:12:19]>> I mean, yeah.

[00:12:20]>> How many sets of keys do you have to your car?

[00:12:23]>> Um, I got my set plus.

[00:12:29]>> And you? And who do you live with?

[00:12:32]>> Uh I live uh well >> by yourself?

[00:12:36]>> Yes.

[00:12:36]>> So does anybody else have access to your keys?

[00:12:40]>> I don't know. But not not that I >> And all your keys are accounted for.

[00:12:43]Correct.

[00:12:44]>> Uh no, I have my keys.

[00:12:46]>> You have your keys?

[00:12:47]>> You have your keys, right? So none of your keys are missing?

[00:12:49]>> No.

[00:12:50]>> Your car isn't missing?

[00:12:51]>> My car? No.

[00:12:52]>> Nobody stole your car?

[00:12:54]>> I don't know. But this morning it was there.

[00:12:56]>> Okay. It was there. Were you parked there last night? I think that was the >> Where did you go today?

[00:13:01]>> Uh I went to Irvington.

[00:13:03]>> Okay. How did you get to Irvington?

[00:13:05]>> I Okay. What streets do you know what streets you took?

[00:13:08]>> Um let me see.

[00:13:12]I live in bed. I took uh let me see went down like uh what's this? I don't really know the street but you know up uh you know like going up to by by the church you know in east side to east side and >> towards hillside. Yes.

[00:13:34]>> Were you on Salem Road this morning? Are you familiar with Salem Road? It's right next to Westminster.

[00:13:39]>> Salem?

[00:13:40]>> Yeah. Okay. About what time were you on sale on road today?

[00:13:44]>> What time?

[00:13:46]>> No, I did not across there when when I went to Aventon. That's >> What time did you leave your house today?

[00:13:53]>> I see maybe about maybe 8:10 something like that.

[00:13:57]>> About 8:10. Okay. And then you left your house and you went towards Irvington and you were on Salem Road.

[00:14:02]>> Oh, Salem.

[00:14:04]>> You know where the mosque is?

[00:14:07]>> Oh, >> the Muslim mosque. Yeah. Did you drive past the Muslim mosque?

[00:14:11]>> No. Um, no.

[00:14:14]>> Okay.

[00:14:15]>> I went to I think uh what is it? Not street.

[00:14:18]>> Mhm.

[00:14:19]>> Yeah. Not street. Then I think I'd make a turn.

[00:14:25]Then I think I make another turn straight all the way to, you know, to >> during the interrogation. Vincent Gene appeared calm and emotionless as detectives questioned him about the attack. Even after investigators described the severity of Morgan Scott's injuries, Gene showed little visible remorse for what had happened.

[00:14:43]Prosecutors later pointed to his detached behavior as further evidence of his disregard for the victim's life.

[00:14:55]by >> no just like passive.

[00:15:01]>> I just told this situation like this is better just say what happened and if it was a mistake >> as opposed to just kind of just oh I don't know what's going on and nothing happened. So >> So uh Mr. Jean, correct? I don't want to mix up your name. Uh our prosecutor is watching the interview. Okay. And he's reviewed the evidence and he's informed me that uh we're going to be placing you under arrest for this incident. Okay.

[00:15:22]Can you stand up and place your hands behind your back, please?

[00:15:32]Horror of what happened to her lives within us every day. Every single day we all fight with different ghosts of what has taken place because of this man. In court, the judge revealed Gan had committed a similar act in 2007. and the judge called him a danger to society.

[00:15:56]>> Prosecutors charged him with attempted murder, multiple counts of aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, and several other offenses tied to the brutal attack. After a jury found him guilty, the case finally came to an end on April 12th, 2024, exactly 2 years after the incident. Gene was sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey state prison and must serve at least 85% of that sentence before he can become eligible for parole.