Mesa police arrested a man over the weekend after he allegedly aimed a handgun at another driver during a road rage incident near U.S. 60.
The confrontation happened around 8 p.m. Sunday at Stapley Road and the U.S. 60 off-ramp, according to the Mesa Police Department.
The victim told officers he was cut off by a white BMW while exiting the freeway. At a nearby stoplight, the victim and driver exchanged words before the suspect allegedly pulled out a handgun equipped with a green laser and pointed it at him.
Police later identified the driver as 22-year-old Brian Lopez. Using surveillance video from the department’s Real Time Crime Center, investigators tracked the BMW, captured the license plate, and located the car as it re-entered U.S. 60 at Gilbert Road.
Lopez and three passengers were detained without incident. Inside the vehicle, officers recovered the handgun with a green laser sight.
Lopez, who is a convicted felon prohibited from owning firearms, was booked into jail on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of prohibited possession of a firearm.
No injuries were reported, and the case remains under investigation.
