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Police arrested Leon Garcia, 55, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Sunday, Jan. 3, on a Superior Court arrest warrant charging him with breach of peace and threatening, after he was involved in a road rage incident where he allegedly pointed a handgun at another motorist in Fairfield, said Lt. Antonio E. Granata.
The incident took place around 8:24 p.m. on Nov. 12, when officers responded to the area of Tunxis Hill Road and Kings Highway East on a report of a road rage incident, Granata said.
Once on the scene, officers met with the driver who reported the incident began when driving on Post Road in Fairfield near North Benson Road when he was cut off by a GMC SUV.
Words were exchanged between the driver and Garcia, who was driving the GMC, as both continued onto I-95 North, then exiting at Exit 24, Granata said.
As both operators came to a stop for the traffic light at Kings Highway East and Chambers Street, the victim reported he looked over at the driver of the GMC and saw the driver displaying a black handgun and tap the handgun on the driver's side window of his GMC.
The other driver then said Garcia racked the slide of the gun and pointed it at him. The victim captured a picture of the GMC and its license plate and provided it to the officers.
Officers identified the driver of the GMC as Garcia. A weapons check was also conducted on Garcia which revealed he holds an active pistol permit and semi-automatic firearm. When questioned, Garcia acknowledged being involved in the incident but denied any allegation of displaying a firearm.
Garcia turned himself into Fairfield Police Headquarters when learning of his warrant.
He was held on a $15,000 bond.
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