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The Indiana Daily Student

Impatience on snowy roads causes altercation

The Bloomington Police Department received a report of a threat and intimidation involving two disputing parties with handguns at about 5 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Joe Qualters said.

The complainant was dropping off his son on the 300 block of North Roosevelt Street when a red Ford truck drove by in the opposite direction on the road. However, there was reportedly only room for one vehicle on the roadway due to snow.

The driver of the red truck, a young, white male, reportedly got impatient and pulled around from the other direction of the road and approached the complainant’s vehicle toward the driver’s side door. The driver of the red truck reported seeing a black handgun in the complainant’s possession, so he returned to his vehicle.

The complainant’s son exited the vehicle and began to exchange words with the driver of the red truck when the driver reportedly brandished a semiautomatic handgun outside of his window, Qualters said.

The complainant told officers he never pointed his handgun in any way. The two parties didn’t provide any sworn statements, Qualters said. Both handguns were properly licensed with their respective owners, and the case is inactive.

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