Texas man shown in road rage video pointing gun at Nevada motorcyclist: 'I would do it again'

A Texas truck driver caught on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist during a road rage incident in Nevada says he "would do it again if the same situation came up."

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The video, uploaded to YouTube by Subliminal Moto, shows the driver of a red Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck flipping off a group of bikers driving on Boulder Highway in the Nevada city of Henderson after one of the bikers apparently rides on the dirt on the roadside.

Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, is shown on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight. Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, is shown on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight. Photo: Screenshot Via YouTube Photo: Screenshot Via YouTube Image 1 of / 45 Caption Close Texas man shown in road rage video pointing gun at Nevada motorcyclist: 'I would do it again' 1 / 45 Back to Gallery

The motorcyclist, wearing a GoPro camera on his helmet, pulls up to the truck's passenger side and taps on the window.

The passenger can be seen getting the driver's attention before rolling down the window.

"Get that (expletive) gun out, (expletive)," the passenger says in the video.

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The driver then produces a handgun and yells at the motorcyclist to "get the (expletive) away from me."

"Why are you guys flipping me off? I didn't do nothing," the biker is heard saying.

All three men in the vehicle shout at the biker, who repeatedly tells them to "take it easy," that the group of motorcyclists had been driving recklessly.

"You're all about to get fucking shot," the passenger tells the motorcyclist.

The video had gained more than 760,000 views as of Tuesday afternoon.

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Ricky Thornton, the pickup truck driver, told mySA.com on Tuesday that the bikers had been driving recklessly prior to the events shown in the video.

"Anybody in their right minds going to know there's a little more to it than just him walking up to my damn truck," Thornton said.

Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, said bikers were weaving in and out of traffic, cutting off other drivers and popping wheelies on the freeway.

One biker leaned on his truck at a stoplight before the events of the video, Thornton said.

A biker also almost wiped out in front of his truck while he was driving, he said.

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At another point, Thornton said that 10 or 12 bikers surrounded his truck.

"I was completely surrounded by motorcycles," Thornton said. "I definitely felt threatened. I would not have pulled my gun out if I had not felt threatened."

Thornton, who described himself as a biker, stood by his actions: he said his attention had been focused on the other bikers when the motorcyclist who filmed the encounter rapped on his passenger window, startling him.

"I would do it again if the same situation came up," Thornton said.

The 54-year-old Texas man, who said he was in Nevada on business, told mySA.com that he believes the bikers were trying to provoke him.

"They tried to get a response out of me and they got one," Thornton said.

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The motorcyclist told Nevada news station KTNV that he felt endangered by the encounter, but realized that he probably should not have confronted Thornton.

"This was literally the first and last time that I will ever go up to somebody's window and confront them," the motorcyclist told the news station. "I could have ended up dead. I have a wife and kids that I want to come home to."

KTNV reported that Henderson police are investigating the incident.

Thornton said he has spoken to police about his part in the encounter and does not anticipate any charges being filed against him.

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News researcher Michael Knoop contributed to this story.

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