The stepfather of an 11-year-old boy who was killed in a road-rage shooting on the 215 Beltway last month testified Thursday that he was “scared” when the suspect first swerved at him and later drew a gun.

Valente Ayala said through an interpreter in Henderson Justice Court that he was driving 11-year-old Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria to school when Tyler Johns, 22, fired into his vehicle, killing the child.

“He was pointing the gun at my head,” Ayala said at a preliminary hearing, where a judge would decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence to present the case against Johns to a jury. “I looked toward the front, and the worst thing happened. I heard the shot, and I turned around to ask him if he was OK.”

At first, Ayala said, he only saw blood. When he fully turned to look into th

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