TN: CCW Holder stops Violence in Road Rage Beating

In the ensuing altercation, the man said the other driver began punching him in the face. He said that he struck back, but that the other man wrestled him to the ground and continued striking him in the face.

At that point, he said he noticed that another man, a 24-year-old Maryville man, had gotten out of his vehicle, which was also idling in the line of traffic at the light. The onlooker told the dark-complected man to stop hitting the alleged victim, witnesses said.

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When that didn’t happen, the third man produced a .40-caliber Firestorm handgun. He later admitted to police that he pointed the gun at the attacker because he feared for the safety of the victim.

The man in the Nissan fled the scene. Several witnesses essentially corroborated the victim’s story, including the wife of the 24-year-old man with the gun. She told police that she was also armed, and that she had her weapon at the ready, fearing for the safety of her husband and the victim.

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