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OK, I call Beams a lying sack of rocks. The guy broke out his side window, according to the police, yet Beams claimed it was his windshield. Beams lied about what happened. He claims he slowed down in front of a truck. The other driver reports that he "cut in front of him, made obscene gestures and repeatedly slammed on his brakes". So Beams lied about what actually happened. After the truck got off the highway, Beams followed him and went past him slow enough that the guy was able to punch out his passenger side window. Whadda ya wanna bet Beams was giving him the finger as he drove by?

Now Beams wants the guy prosecuted? Good luck with that, buddy. You're lucky you weren't shot. Next time drive responsibly and leave other people alone.

Rex B wrote:

baldeagle wrote:Can someone explain to me how this is physically possible?

"I look back there in the rearview mirror, and I see him pulling out a gun case in the back of his step-side truck," Beams said. "Then I see the barrel of the gun coming over the steering wheel pointing forward."

1) If you slow down in front of another vehicle, what makes you look at the driver in your rearview mirror?
2) The truck is behind him. How does he recognize a gun case in his rearview mirror?
3) How does the guy reach the gun case "in the back of his step-side truck" while he's driving down the highway?
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I took all that to mean traffic was stopped, and the guy got out of his truck, grabbed a gun case from the bed or a bed toolbox, got back in and uncased it.

OK, that's a possible scenario, but look at this description (highlighting is mine):

What started along Highway 59 as a normal commute to work for Randy Beams quickly turned violent. He says he had slowed down in front of a truck near Patton Village and didn't expect what he saw next.

"I look back there in the rearview mirror, and I see him pulling out a gun case in the back of his step-side truck," Beams said. "Then I see the barrel of the gun coming over the steering wheel pointing forward."

By then, Beams was already dialing 911.

"This guy in a Ford behind me is pointing a gun at me," Beams told the operator in the 911 call.

With the operator on the line, he followed the man. They both pulled off the highway. The other driver he says jumped out.

So, he's in front of the truck, he sees something alarming, he calls 911, and then, while he's on the phone with the 911 operator he followed the man. What? How does he get from in front of the truck to following the truck? And when the truck pulls off the highway, why doesn't he keep going, avoiding the situation entirely?

Something is rotten in Denmark.

Can someone explain to me how this is physically possible?

"I look back there in the rearview mirror, and I see him pulling out a gun case in the back of his step-side truck," Beams said. "Then I see the barrel of the gun coming over the steering wheel pointing forward."

1) If you slow down in front of another vehicle, what makes you look at the driver in your rearview mirror?
2) The truck is behind him. How does he recognize a gun case in his rearview mirror?
3) How does the guy reach the gun case "in the back of his step-side truck" while he's driving down the highway?
4) How does he identify what he sees "coming over the steering wheel" as a gun?
5) If a guy in a pickup truck behind you is angry enough to uncase a gun and point it at you, why do you stop instead of taking evasive action?
6) After you stop, why does the guy not shoot you but breaks out your windshield instead?

I think if there had been a discharge of a weapon, there would have been an arrest. As it stands now, we obviously need more information than what this guy is telling us. The facts don't ad up. He's leaving things out that might be prejudicial to his view of what happened.