Man Arrested for Throwing Rocks from Downtown Dallas Overpass: Police

One person has been arrested after Dallas police say someone was throwing rocks or bricks from a highway overpass onto traffic moving through downtown Dallas Friday morning.[[377579241,R]]

Dallas police said that William Pettis was arrested Saturday and is in the Dallas County Jail with five charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Dallas police said several emergency calls were received shortly before 9 a.m. Friday that someone was throwing objects off an overpass near Interstate 30 and Caesar Chavez, west of Interstate 45/U.S. 75.

Witnesses reported seeing a man on the bridge, throwing objects at vehicles as they passed.

Five vehicles were hit and all suffered significant damage. From Chopper 5, one vehicle had a shattered windshield while the others vehicles had large dents in vehicle's hood or roof.

No injuries were reported.

Photos: Cars Hit by Objects Thrown from Highway Overpass

Dallas police quickly located a person of interest in the case near Haskell Avenue and Second Avenue. The person was taken into custody and transferred to police headquarters to be interviewed.

At this time no further information has been released.

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