Records show the incident was not the first time Joshua Beal had pulled a firearm during a traffic altercation. In 2009, he was convicted in Indianapolis of misdemeanor battery and sentenced to probation for pistol-whipping another motorist in the head following a fender-bender, according to court records with the Indiana Court of Appeals. Officers who arrived at the scene reported Beal was in a "very agitated" state and cursed at police, who handcuffed him for their own safety.