Man points gun at driver in Stoughton Road road rage incident

Logan Rude by Logan Rude

MADISON, Wis. — Police responded to a road rage incident Monday afternoon after a man reported that another driver pointed a gun at him.

According to an incident report, a man was driving on South Stoughton Road in an area where three lanes merge into two when a driver in a pickup truck tried passing on the left before the left lane ended. Police said there was not enough room to pass before the lane ended which caused the two vehicles to scrape wheel wells.

Both of the drivers pulled over after the impact. Police said both drivers reported different instances of what happened. The victim told police that when he got out of his vehicle to talk to the driver of the pickup truck, the man pointed a gun at him, the report said.

Police said that the pickup truck driver, 36-year-old Joseph B. Mandt, claimed he only pulled out a gun after the victim pulled a knife on him. Law enforcement officers searched the victim’s car and did not find a knife.

Mandt was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct while armed. Police said he had two handguns in his truck at the time of the incident.

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