tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80676382901986635632024-02-20T04:23:07.993-08:00Armed Road RageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-82425877021259976782014-01-09T14:06:00.000-08:002016-05-09T17:06:28.027-07:00Maine man shot and killed in road rage incident while heading home from Florida<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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28-year-old Tim Davison, of Poland, Maine, was driving back home after visiting his sister in Florida. He was driving north on I-81 near the Pennsylvania-Maryland border when he <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/Friends__family_of_slain_Poland_man_still_in_shock_.html?pagenum=full" target="_blank">called 911</a> to report he was being chased and shot at by someone in a dark-colored pickup truck. <br />
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Tim called 911 twice. A few minutes later the pickup truck ran Tim off the road and someone in the truck shot him multiple times, including in the head. Tim died shortly after the shooting, <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/Maine_man_shot__killed_in_apparent_road_rage_incident_in_Pennsylvania_.html" target="_blank">at York Hospital</a> in Pennsylvania.<br />
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Pennsylvania authorities are investigating a connection between this killing and another shooting that happened eight hours earlier about 60 miles away. The victim in that incident, who was not injured, told police that the driver of a black Nissan pickup truck fired at him several times.<br />
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Tim's friends and family said he was not the type of person to engage with an enraged motorist. "If anything, he was the guy to calm everyone down," said a friend.<br />
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Police are still looking for the killer.<br />
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62-year-old Richard Manning, of Chattanooga, Tennessee had a confrontation with 39-year-old Norman Gallman while the two were driving on Moore Road in Chattanooga. <a href="http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/12/17/265723/1-Person-Killed-In-Shooting-Tuesday.aspx" target="_blank">According to reports</a>, Gallman got out of his vehicle and walked back toward Manning, who was in the vehicle behind him. As he walked back, Manning allegedly pulled out a .40-caliber handgun and fired a shot at Gallman. <br />
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After Gallman was shot he stumbled back to his car. He was slumped over the steering wheel when police arrived. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.<br />
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Manning has been arrested and charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault. <br />
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According to reports, Manning was with the sheriff's office from 1977-1984 as a correctional officer at the jail. He was terminated for conduct unbecoming an officer and use of excessive fore. Reports fail to note whether or not Manning has a concealed weapons permit, which would allow him to carry a loaded handgun in his car. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-31890003241114176232013-11-07T10:13:00.000-08:002013-11-07T10:13:59.966-08:00Topeka police chief asks for change in guns in car law In December 2012, Topeka, Kansas City Council members voted to allow people to carry loaded guns in their vehicles. Now the Topeka Police Chief is asking the Council to change the law. <br />
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"It was a let's try it and see what happens," said the police chief. "We tried it and saw that we were seeing some serious situations arise. It made us think maybe it isn't a good idea."<br />
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In one recent incident, a motorist pulled a gun on an off duty officer. <br />
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"The main issue is the weapon was in the car and the driver did not know the motorcyclist was a police officer," said the police chief. "Also because of the easy availability of the weapon by someone not ordinarily thought of as a criminal."<br />
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The chief would like to see the law changed to ban guns in cars with exceptions made for police officers, hunters, and people with concealed weapons permits. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-92057861822667330662013-10-03T08:18:00.002-07:002013-10-03T08:18:14.871-07:00Man shoots and kills woman in road rage attack 30-year-old Matthew Webster, of Swanton, Vermont, was driving home after breaking up with a woman with whom he had been having an affair. Webster met his wife at a gas station where they argued but then agreed to go home and talk. Webster told police that on the drive home he had a Ruger 9 mm semi-automatic handgun in his hand and that he <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/27/road-rage-killing-vermont/2883173/"target="_blank">intended to kill himself</a>. He "began squeezing the trigger, but could not do it."<br />
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Webster ran a red light and almost got into an accident with a car being driven by 31-year-old Anna Alger, of Highgate. Alger followed Webster and when she saw him pull over, she did too. According to reports, she got out of her car to ask Webster why he cut her off. <br />
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Webster described Alger as charging "like a six-point buck coming over a hill." Webster still had the gun in his hand and shot Alger, emptying the clip. He shot her repeatedly, including shooting her in the head and chest. Police found 11 empty 9 mm shell cases on the road near Alger's body. Alger was taken to the hospital but died of her wounds. <br />
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Webster's wife told police he is being treated for depression and chronic anxiety among "so many other things." Webster admitted abusing prescription medication including oxycodone and methadone. <br />
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Webster has been charged with second-degree murder. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-42546835095225333002013-09-23T10:13:00.000-07:002013-09-23T10:13:30.225-07:00Two Concealed Weapons Permit Holders Shoot & Kill Each Other in Road Rage Incident56-year-old Robert Taylor and 43-year-old James Pullum were driving on a highway in Ionia, Michigan. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/09/two-michigan-drivers-shoot-and-kill-each-other-after-road-rage-incident/"target="_blank">According to witness reports</a>, Taylor began to closely follow Pullum. <br />
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The two men pulled into a car wash's parking lot. <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/09/authorities_identify_two_ionia.html"target="_blank">They reportedly</a> both exited their vehicles, drew handguns and exchanged fire. <br />
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The men were transported to the local hospital where they were pronounced dead. <br />
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Police have not yet released information about who fired their weapon first but did confirm that both men had concealed weapons permits. <br />
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The owner of the car wash where the shooting occurred told a reported he also has a concealed weapons permit but never carries a gun with him. "It's the strangest situation I've ever heard of," he said. "We've all had altercations in road rage, but to pull a weapon?"<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-78680215216253690112013-08-13T13:55:00.000-07:002013-08-13T13:55:53.088-07:00Man has trouble merging into traffic, responds by pointing handgun27-year-old Aaron Stenger, of Hamilton, Ohio was driving south on Eaton Avenue at 7:30 in the morning. <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/crime-law/man-pulls-out-gun-in-road-rage-incident/nZKRz/"target="_blank">According to</a> police reports, he became upset when another car wouldn't let him merge into traffic.<br />
Stenger's response was to pull up next to the woman driving the car and point his handgun at her. He then continued on his way.<br />
Stenger was arrested and was released on his own recognizance. Stenger, who has a concealed weapons permit for the gun, was ordered to have no weapons of any kind. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-89699890715809232612013-07-30T09:37:00.000-07:002013-07-30T09:37:35.793-07:00Motorist Allegedly Shot At Car for Driving Too Slow23-year-old Finus Harvey, of Flint, Michigan has been arrested and charged with two counts of felonious assault for allegedly firing a shot at a motorist on U.S. 23.<br />
Two men, ages 53 and 55, were traveling north on U.S. 23 Friday afternoon when they had to brake for slowing traffic. According to the complaint, a 2002 Buick Century pulled up next to them in the slow lane and the two men in the Buick "began yelling." Words were exchanged between both vehicles and <a href="http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20130730/NEWS01/307300003/Motorist-allegedly-shot-car-Other-driver-too-slow-suspect-tells-police"target="_blank">in response</a> Harvey pointed a pistol at them and fired it one time.<br />
Harvey told police that the did show his gun during the exchange but denied firing a shot. He said he was angry because the other car was doing 45 mph in the fast lane. <br />
Police found a handgun in Harvey's car as well as a spent shell casing. Harvey told police the casing was left there from when he was shooting the gun days earlier. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-61759329423830274942013-07-13T14:28:00.000-07:002013-07-13T14:28:10.158-07:00Two men, both with concealed weapons permits, fire shots at each other while driving 27-year-old Eric Adamany, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/pair-of-men-with-concealed-carry-permits-engage-in-rolling-road-rage-shootout-b9953189z1-215267661.html" target="_blank">told police</a> he had just left a Taco Bell restaurant and pulled over to send a text message when a gold Dodge Magnum pulled up next to him. A passenger looked at him and said, "What are you looking at white boy?" showed a chrome handgun and fired a shot at Adamany's car. <br />
"I immediately grabbed my gun, which is just sitting here, and I stuck it out the window and they took off," <a href="http://fox6now.com/2013/07/12/two-men-accused-of-firing-shots-at-each-other-while-driving/"target="_blank">said Adamany</a>. "They fired over 50 rounds before I ever returned fire."<br />
The police report says Amamany "began to fire his gun at the Dodge Magnum, emptying his clip in an attempt to shoot out the Dodge's tires." He told police "how he is right-handed but shot the gun with his left hand while driving on the freeway because he was steering and calling 911 at the same time."<br />
Roy Scott, the driver of the other car, told police that he and a friend were driving when a blue car passed him. The other driver "mean mugged" him and showed a black handgun. Scott then grabbed his gun and displayed it before driving off. Scott says that Adamany fired first so he fired back. He told police that he fired back out his driver's window, pointing backward over his shoulder with his right hand, while steering with his left. <br />
According to police both men have concealed weapons permits. <br />
Adamany has been charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon. No charges have been brought against Scott at this time. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-85179625705932237042013-05-23T13:25:00.001-07:002016-04-01T08:26:08.622-07:00Man arrested for pointing gun at bicyclists in road rage incident 52-year-old Moses Pagan, of Michigan City, Indiana <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/20258514-418/authorities-man-pointed-gun-at-northwest-indiana-bicyclists-in-road-rage-incident.html" target="_blank">was arrested</a> on felony charges of pointing a loaded firearm and intimidation in connection with a road rage incident. <br />
<a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/duneland/the-pines/motorist-accused-of-pointing-gun-at-bicyclist/article_e193c1bf-debb-585f-a103-b510e27c521b.html" target="_blank">According to reports</a>, a 61-year-old bicyclist told investigators he and two other men were riding on County Line Road just before 9 a.m. when they were passed by a car that was continuously honking at them and nearly hit them. The car stopped and Pagan yelled at them to "get off the road" and pointed a small black semi-automatic handgun at them.<br />
Pagan admitted blowing his horn but denied pulling a gun. He was upset because the bicycles were taking up the entire lane. He said he had a loaded handgun in a holster on the passenger seat but never touched it. Police asked how the bicyclist could have accurately described the gun if it had been in the holster the entire time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-36932997631948043482013-03-27T10:08:00.000-07:002016-04-01T08:26:29.537-07:00North Carolina couple faces charges after gun fired in road rage incidentJosh Berry and Nathan Brozman were driving near Newport, North Carolina. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299381/Terrifying-moment-road-rage-driver-pulls-gun-fight-fellow-motorists.html" target="_blank">According to reports</a>, Berry's pick-up truck cut off an SUV being driven by Bradley Turner of La Grange. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
Police report that the gunshot hit a nearby house. They also said there was a toddler in the Turner's car throughout the incident. <br />
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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-17124856083696575932013-03-07T13:43:00.000-08:002016-04-01T08:26:54.394-07:00Pennsylvania man arrested for firing gun during road rage incident30-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.<br />
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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-69747695578625631962013-02-28T12:11:00.000-08:002016-04-01T08:27:05.704-07:00Vermont man draws gun during road rage incident34-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. <br />
<a href="http://www.fox44abc22yourvoice.com/story/21196209/man-draws-gun-during-road-rage-incident-in-burlington-vt" target="_blank">According to police</a>, 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. <br />
Vermont is one of four states that does not require any permit before being able to carry a gun in public. <br />
Gubic was not able to make the $10,000 bail so remains in jail. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-46995931960958883332013-01-20T13:59:00.000-08:002013-01-20T13:59:55.487-08:00Road Rage and Guns Quickly Become a Deadly MixAn Aol Autos article by Pete Bigelow looks at how <a href="http://autos.aol.com/article/gun-control-road-rage-legislation-AAA/"target="_blank">Road Rage and Guns Quickly Become a Deadly Mix</a>. <br />
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<blockquote>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. <br />
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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. <br />
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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."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-20882834231653870232012-12-06T12:27:00.000-08:002012-12-06T12:27:46.646-08:00Woman 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."<br />
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."<br />
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."<br />
The DA told that Baxter woman she could seek a criminal summons for a simple assault if she wanted to press charges. <br />
Reports do not indicate if the Baxter woman intends to pursue the incident or not. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-34937176523124454932012-10-17T10:10:00.001-07:002016-04-01T08:27:37.277-07:00Road rage incident leaves one dead, one shot, and one injuredThree people in an SUV, two men and a three-year-old boy, were traveling on Highway 151 in <a href="http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Deadly-road-rage-crash-on-Highway-151/OCWAEbaInkiD9xGiiMMq4g.cspx" target="_blank">San Antonio, Texas</a>. The SUV apparently cut off a red truck traveling in the same direction. <br />
The driver of the truck responded by pulling out a gun and shooting at the SUV. <br />
Both vehicles then lost control and both vehicles ended up rolling over.<br />
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.<br />
Under Texas law <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Apparent-road-rage-leaves-one-dead-three-injured-3950571.php" target="_blank">you don't need</a> a concealed weapons permit to have a gun in your car. The gun just can't be in plain site. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-82512177458269719682012-09-02T11:14:00.000-07:002016-04-01T08:27:50.491-07:00Pennsylvania concealed weapons permit holder charged in road rage incident<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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.<br />
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.<br />
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. <br />
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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-24679719222902531402012-07-02T09:55:00.000-07:002012-07-02T09:55:21.930-07:0016-year-old shot in road rage incidentA 16-year-old girl from Limington, Maine was returning home from a trip with three other relatives when they were involved in a <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220702cops_eye_road_rage_in_shooting/srvc=news&position=also"target="_blank">road rage incident</a> on I-495 in Merrimac, Massachusetts. <br />
According to police, a passenger in another vehicle opened fire shortly after 12:15 p.m. on the car the girl was riding in. The girl was shot in the arm. She was taken to a local hospital where she was treated and released.<br />
"Evidence suggests this was a road rage incident between the driver of the car the girl was in and the other car," said a state police spokesman. "We do not believe the people in the victim's car and the people in the suspect car knew each other."<br />
Police are still searching for the suspect vehicle, a white Honda Accord. The driver of the car was described as a white woman with sunglasses and the passenger who fired the shot was described as a light-skinned black or Hispanic male with short hair.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-90854940251954576942012-05-18T13:40:00.001-07:002016-04-01T08:28:04.849-07:00Gun aficionado loses right to bear arms after road rage incident<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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63-year-old Leonard Roscitto, of Hailey, Idaho will spend 19 days in jail, pay a $1,000 fine, be on probation for three years and lose his right to bear arms after being <a href="http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142102" target="_blank">found guilty</a> of firing at least two shots at another motorist in a road-rage incident. <br />
The incident took place last August when Rosicotto and John Kauder had a confrontation that started on state Highway 75. According to court documents, both men stopped their vehicles and Roscitto got out of his vehicle, pulled out a handgun and fired at least two shots in the direction of Kauder. <br />
Roscitto apologized to the court saying, "I've never thought about doing anything like that. I would never premeditate anything like that, but it did happen. I am extremely sorry for what did happen."<br />
Rosicotto is described as a "gun aficionado". His attorney said that losing his gun rights is the worst punishment of all for Rosicotto.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-52059181679339997632012-05-01T11:49:00.001-07:002012-05-01T11:49:44.426-07:00Gary, Indiana airport authority member arrested for pointing a gun during road rage incident32-year-old Tramel Raggs, of Gary, Indiana, was arrested for allegedly <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/raggs-arrested-after-pointing-loaded-pistol-during-road-rage-incident/article_4d8905fc-ebc4-54fc-802c-2f518f4576de.html"target="_blank">pointing a loaded gun</a> at a motorist Monday night. Raggs is a special assistant to the Lake County Commissioner and was recently appointed to the Gary International Airport Authority.<br />
According to police, a 37-year-old man told them he was at a red light behind a Honda Accord that was blocking two lanes. The man pulled up next to the Accord and made an obscene gesture. Riggs, who was driving the Accord, then allegedly pointed a handgun at the other car and drove off. <br />
Police stopped Riggs and found a black handgun loaded with live rounds in the vehicle. <br />
Riggs was taken to jail and charged with pointing a loaded firearm and intimidation, both felony offenses.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-64503624617180911112012-03-04T12:27:00.000-08:002016-04-01T08:28:19.826-07:00Man points gun at women for driving too slow in the fast laneAmber Ashworth, of Welch, Oklahoma, was driving in the fast lane on the Will Rogers Turnpike when she noticed a white van tailgating her. According to Amber the man in the vehicle behind her put his gun case on his dashboard and <a href="http://www.newson6.com/story/17068788/driver-feared-for-her-life-in-will-rogers-road-rage" target="_blank">pulled out a handgun</a>. The van then pulled up next to her and pointed the gun directly at her.<br />
"I had looked out my passenger window and there is was, you know, pointing straight at me," she said. "I was terrified. I didn't know that he wasn't going to shoot it. That's all I was thinking, you know, what if he was to shoot through my window."<br />
Amber called police and was able to give a detailed description of the suspect. <br />
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Police then stopped Mark Oberkirsch. Oberkirsch, who lives in Missouri and has a concealed weapons permit from that state, admitted that he showed the gun during the road rage incident. He complained that Amber was driving <a href="http://www.newson6.com/story/17058414/turnpike-driver-arrested-for-pointing-a-handgun-at-another-motorist-near-miami" target="_blank">65 mph</a> in the passing lane and when she didn't pull over he passed on the right while pointing the gun at her. He also complained that when he pulled up next to her she was on the phone.<br />
Oberkirsch was arrested on a felony complaint of pointing a firearm. If convicted, in addition to jail time and a fine, he could "possibly" lose his handgun license.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-48627729257481883602012-02-29T13:07:00.000-08:002012-02-29T13:07:22.484-08:00Car flips over trying to avoid road rage shootingA couple in a black Lexus were driving early Sunday morning in Reno, Nevada. According to reports, the driver told police they were being followed by a car that was driving erratically. When the car tried to pass them, the driver of the Lexus sped up to prevent it. The couple in the Lexus then heard <a href="http://www.foxreno.com/news/news/crime-law/pregnant-lady-shot-during-road-rage-incident/nK6fk/"target="_blank">several gun shots</a> coming from the other vehicle. The driver of the Lexus leaned over to avoid being shot and in the process swerved towards the curb, hit a parked pick-up truck, and flipped the Lexus on its side. <br />
The couple was able to get out of the vehicle unharmed, although they were taken to the local hospital for treatment for minor abrasions. <br />
Police are still looking for the dark sedan involved in the incident.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-64677708743565704232012-01-27T08:36:00.000-08:002012-01-27T08:36:12.500-08:00Road rage shooting sends man to hosptialEarly Friday morning two cars there traveling near the airport in Memphis, Tennessee when they became engaged in a road rage situation. Words were exchanged, the argument escalated and <a href="http://whitehaven.wmctv.com/news/news/68452-road-rage-shooting-hospitalizes-memphis-man"target="_blank">one man pulled a gun</a> and started firing shots and the other car, hitting the driver. <br />
The driver was able to pull into a gas station and call 911. He is in the hospital in non-critical condition. <br />
Police are still looking for the shooter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-84371625999388249282012-01-06T10:45:00.000-08:002012-01-06T10:45:42.492-08:00Man & Woman Exchange Obscene Gestures, Man Pulls GunA Tavares, Florida woman told police she was cut off by another car on U.S. Highway 441. The two drivers began slowing down and speeding up together and exchanged obscene hand gestures. But then the man in the other car <a href="http://www.dailycommercial.com/News/LakeCounty/010412rage"target="_blank">pulled out a handgun</a> and pointed it at the woman. <br />
The woman called 911 and gave police the license plate number of the car. When police pulled over 41-year-old Douglas Forster they found a Glock handgun in the car. Forster told them he knew he was being stopped because he had pointed a gun at another driver. He has since recanted the statement. <br />
Forster faces charges of aggravated assault with a firearm.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-74536269066102103042011-12-05T08:27:00.000-08:002011-12-05T08:27:35.967-08:00Man in car with his two young children fires gun at another driver in road rage incident29-year-old Kenneth Simmons, of Normalville, PA, was driving on Route 711 with his two children, ages 4 and 2. According to police reports, a dispute started when Simmons encounter a car driven by 18-year-old Tyler Dipaola. Simmons thought Dipaola almost hit his car so he started chasing him. This lead to the cars passing and weaving around one another <a href="http://www.wpxi.com/news/29891912/detail.html"target="_blank">until the two became cornered</a> on Backcreek Rd. <br>
Along the way Simmons allegedly made an inappropriate gesture to Diapola and <a href="http://www.wpxi.com/news/29897912/detail.html"target="_blank">pulled out his rifle</a> and showed it to Diapola twice. He then fired the gun. Simmons told police he fired the gun at the ground. <br>
Simmons <a href="http://www.wtae.com/fayette/29889144/detail.html"target="_blank">has been charged</a> with reckless endangerment, simple assault, and firearms violations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067638290198663563.post-66655881914366578662011-10-26T13:30:00.000-07:002011-10-26T13:30:14.489-07:00Victim describes road rage incident where gun was pointed at himA Portage, Indiana man was driving east on I-80 when a pick-up truck in the lane next to him tried to change lanes. The driver honked his horn, to warn the truck he was about to hit his car. The victim told police he wasn't able to change lanes because of heavy traffic. He said the pick-up caught up with him again and while they were driving side by side the man in the truck extended his middle finger. The victim returned the gesture and sped away. <br>
He then saw the pick-up "zipping in and out of traffic" in order to catch up with him. When the truck pulled back along side him, the victim said he saw the man in the truck moving his lips and making angry faces while pointing a gun directly at him. The truck pulled away and the victim called the police and was ale to give a description of the truck to police.<br>
Police located the car and asked the driver, 50-year-old John Hochstedler of Niles, Michigan, if he had a gun in the car. He said he did and directed police to a semi-automatic handgun in the center rear passenger compartment of the truck. <a href="http://www.chestertontribune.com/PoliceFireEmergency/road_rage_plus_gun_equals_arrest.htm"target="_blank">According to police the gun was loaded, but there was no round in the chamber</a>. <br> Hochstedler was arrested and charged with Intimidation with a Deadly Weapon, a Class C Felony. Hochstedler denied pointing the gun at the other driver.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0