PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – A man was captured on cellphone video this week pulling out a gun during a road rage incident in Port St. Lucie.
According to WPBF, a married couple told police that the incident started around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Southwest Heatherwood and Southwest California boulevards.
“Driver of a black Mercedes brake checked him, slammed on his brakes, and forced him to stop on the roadway,” said Leo Niemczyk, assistant police chief of Port St. Lucie.
WPBF reported that the victims attempted to drive around the man, later identified as Paul Slane, 63, but he continued to follow them.
“We haven’t been able to lock that down, what exactly set him off,” Niemczyk said. “But who knows? It could have been a bad day. His goldfish could have died.”
According to the victims, Slane followed them into their gated community and all the way to their home.
“At their home, the vehicle drove in front of them, slammed on the brakes again, forced the victim to stop, got out of his vehicle brandishing a firearm,” Niemczyk said.
WPBF reported that that’s when the wife began recording the incident.
Slane is heard in the video screaming profanities at the couple as he approaches their truck with a gun in his hand, and at one point, he reaches into the driver’s side window and strikes the driver before trying to grab the phone from the wife.
Police said the husband had his own gun in his lap, but no shots were fired from either man.
Slane was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of battery and one count of robbery with a firearm.
As of Thursday morning, he was being held in the St. Lucie County jail without bond.