Sometimes it just feels good to honk at a driver who does something risky or offensive during the morning commute.
But sometimes honking can trigger road rage in a person with a gun, as police say happened Monday in Ventura.
According to the Ventura Police Department, a Ventura man followed a female driver, blocked her car with his vehicle and then pointed a gun at her after she honked at him.
James Wilson, 60, was arrested and booked into Ventura County Jail on suspicion of brandishing a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm and possession of a stolen firearm, according to authorities.
The incident began shortly before 8 a.m. Monday when the woman and her husband, whose names were not released, were approaching Victoria Avenue at Ventura Boulevard. The woman told police that Wilson cut her off, so she honked at him.
When the couple reached the stoplight, police said, Wilson got out of the car and began arguing with the woman. Wilson followed the woman's car to her husband's workplace near the intersection of Olivas Park Drive and Palma Drive, police said.
Wilson allegedly blocked the woman's car in the parking lot and walked toward her holding a firearm, police said. He did not point the gun at her, police said, but told her she was not “tough” before getting into his car and fleeing.
The husband reported the incident to 911 dispatchers and provided Wilson's license plate number. A California Highway Patrol car was in front of Wilson's car and stopped him, with the help of Ventura police, in front of the Ventura County Government Center on Victoria Avenue, a few miles from the alleged confrontation, police said.
