North Carolina couple faces charges after gun fired in road rage incident

Josh Berry and Nathan Brozman were driving near Newport, North Carolina. According to reports, Berry's pick-up truck cut off an SUV being driven by Bradley Turner of La Grange.
Berry claims the SUV followed them for 25 miles before both cars pulled up outside a house in Newport. What happened next was caught on a cell phone video.



Turner gets out of his car, walks up to the truck and throws a punch at Berry. At which point Berry and Brozman get out of the truck and start hitting Turner. Turner's wife, Christy, then walks over and gives Turner a handgun which he in turn fires at the men before getting back in his car.
Police report that the gunshot hit a nearby house. They also said there was a toddler in the Turner's car throughout the incident.
The Turners turned themselves in to police. Bradley Turner, age 40, was charged with discharging a weapon into property and assault. His wife, Christy, age 30, was charged with two counts of assault by pointing with a gun.

Pennsylvania man arrested for firing gun during road rage incident

30-year-old Daniel Parliament, of Beach Lake, PA was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment for allegedly firing a gun during an incident of road rage.
According to police, Parliament fired his gun at a pick-up truck that had pulled in front of him. Police found a handgun in the car, but Parliament denies firing the gun.

Vermont man draws gun during road rage incident

34-year-old Matija Gubic, of Burlington, Vermont, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after pointing a gun at another driver during a road rage incident.
According to police, Gubic was being tailgated by another driver and when the car went to pass him Gubic drew a .45-caliber handgun and pointed it out his window at the other driver.
Vermont is one of four states that does not require any permit before being able to carry a gun in public.
Gubic was not able to make the $10,000 bail so remains in jail.

Road Rage and Guns Quickly Become a Deadly Mix

An Aol Autos article by Pete Bigelow looks at how Road Rage and Guns Quickly Become a Deadly Mix.
The article notes:

Pinpointing exactly how often guns are used to settle road-rage disputes is a difficult proposition. The NHTSA and the Dept. of Transportation do not keep track of road-rage incidents, gun or otherwise.

In a study, the AAA Foundation analyzed police reports of more than 10,000 road-rage incidents committed over a seven-year period and found they resulted in at least 12,610 injury cases and 218 murders.

Although it may be hard to quantify, traffic experts and regular drivers alike agree that road rage is getting worse.

The article concludes with the advice "do not retaliate against a road-rage instigator. You have no idea whether the person has a weapon. Be smart. Try to leave the area of the instigator as quickly and safely as possible. Call 911 as fast as possible."

Woman curses another driver for Obama sticker, then flashes handgun

Two women were driving near Cookville, Tennessee. According to one of the women, a 75-year-old woman from Baxter, she was driving when the other female driver (who was later determined to be a 56-year-old woman from Cookeville) "cursed her because she had an Obama sticker in her rear window."
The woman followed the car and when the two were stopped at a red light they began arguing. The Cookeville woman then "held up a handgun that was in a brown holster and told the Baxter woman to not 'mess with her' or she'd shoot her."
The two ended up in a TJ Maxx parking lot and the police were called. The police found a pistol and a concealed weapons permit in the Cookeville woman's purse. However, according to the district attorney's office even though the Cookeville woman had threatened to shoot, because she had not removed the gun from the holster the incident "did not constitute an aggravated assault."
The DA told that Baxter woman she could seek a criminal summons for a simple assault if she wanted to press charges.
Reports do not indicate if the Baxter woman intends to pursue the incident or not.

Road rage incident leaves one dead, one shot, and one injured

Three people in an SUV, two men and a three-year-old boy, were traveling on Highway 151 in San Antonio, Texas. The SUV apparently cut off a red truck traveling in the same direction.
The driver of the truck responded by pulling out a gun and shooting at the SUV.
Both vehicles then lost control and both vehicles ended up rolling over.
The driver of the truck, a man believed to be in his 40s, was killed. The passenger in the SUV was shot in the arm. All three people from the SUV were taken to the hospital. The men were in serious condition. The little boy is expected to be okay.
Under Texas law you don't need a concealed weapons permit to have a gun in your car. The gun just can't be in plain site.

Pennsylvania concealed weapons permit holder charged in road rage incident

26-year-old Travis Heebner, of Maidencreek Township, Pennsylvania, was arrested after he pointed a loaded handgun at a couple in another vehicle during a road rage incident.
According to the police report Heebner was tailgating a car driven by a 24-year-old man whose 20-year-old girlfriend was also in the car. Heebner passed the other car, then cut them off, then continued to weave in and out of traffic. When Heebner stopped at a red light the other car pulled up to try and get the license plate. The driver yelled "What's your problem" at Heebner who then pointed a handgun at them.
Police confiscated a 9mm handgun found in Heebner's car. The gun had a round in the chamber and 15 more rounds in the magazine.
Heebner, who has a concealed weapons permit, was charged with aggravated and simple assault, reckless endangerment, making terroristic threats, possessing a weapon with intent to use it criminally, and reckless driving.