‘Should I Shoot Him?’: Florida Man Shows Restraint After Being Confronted By Enraged Driver with Gun, Stopping Road Rage Incident from Escalating Into Shootout, Video Shows

A 63-year-old Florida man who allegedly pointed a gun at another vehicle during a harrowing road rage incident caught on video last week has been charged with multiple felonies, according to Port St. Lucie police. Paul Slane faces two counts each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and battery and a single count of robbery with a firearm, authorities said. The heated confrontation erupted on Aug. 20 around 4:30 p.m. on Southwest Heatherwood Boulevard near Southwest California Boulevard, according to police spokesperson Sgt. Dominick Mesiti.& A video screenshot shows a man with a gun confronting a couple in a truck in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo: YouTube screenshot/WFLA) Moments later, police responded to an emergency call on Southwest Briarwood Drive, where Slane, driving a black Mercedes-Benz, was allegedly brake-checking the occupants of a white pickup truck, whom police identified as the victims. “He was intentionally hitting his brakes, for no reason other than to agitate the vehicle behind him or the driver behind him,” Mesiti said, according to WFLA. “At one point, he stopped in the roadway. Victims went around him,” Mesiti said. “They did not want a confrontation.” Before police reached the scene, the...