A North Carolina man was arrested after he allegedly pointed a pistol at the occupants of another vehicle on Interstate 20 last week.
Gregory Allen Nixon, 64, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was arrested for two counts of aggravated assault after two women said he pointed a pistol at them while traveling eastbound on I-20 in Lincoln Parish about 5 p.m. last Tuesday.
A woman and her mother said they were traveling behind a red GMC pickup that was moving slowly so they passed it. The pickup driver then flipped them off and they returned the gesture. The women said they tried to move away from the pickup truck, but the driver pulled up beside them and pointed a gun at them.
The woman said they took exit 77 and turned north on La. Highway 507. As they were returning to the Interstate, the pickup truck passed them again. Both women appeared visibly upset to the deputies and said they feared for their safety once they saw the gun.
Nixon also called the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office regarding the incident and said he was pulling over at exit 84. When questioned by deputies, Nixon said he pulled out his gun but said he did not point it at the other vehicle. He claimed the other vehicle had cut him off and was “brake checking” him and that was why he pulled out his pistol.
Nixon said he exited the Interstate to get away from the other vehicle, and when he was a mile north of I-20, he turned around because he thought enough time had passed for the other vehicle to be gone. A Ruger pistol was found inside Nixon’s truck. He admitted it was the pistol pulled out during the incident.
Nixon was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
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