A man called a Marion County sheriff’s deputy for help Monday after being threatened with a firearm in the parking lot of the Summerfield Wal-Mart.

The victim told the deputy that the incident started at the nearby Bealls store in Lady Lake, located at 13687 U.S. Hwy. 27/441. The victim said he was trying to leave the parking lot but couldn’t because a gray SUV was stopped at the exit. The man said he waited about 15 seconds and then honked his horn with two short bursts.

Both vehicles then headed north on U.S. Hwy. 27/441, with the victim passing the SUV and turning into the first entrance to the Summerfield Wal-Mart store, located at 17961 S U.S. Hwy. 27/441. The victim said the SUV followed him into the parking lot and pulled into a spot beside him near the garden center. When the victim looked out his driver’s side window, the other driver pointed a small pistol at him and then drove away, the report says.