A Los Angeles photographer had a scary encounter with an angry driver in Ramona over the weekend that landed the motorist in jail on assault charges.

According to his Facebook page, Alex Stone and a couple of friends were parked on the side of a Rangeland Road Saturday near the Ramona Airport when the driver in a Ford Excursion pulled up and told him them they were parked on his driveway and that they had to leave.

That’s when Stone started to tape the threatening, profanity-laden attack.

Here’s how he described it on online in a post that began, " A guy tried to run me over today...”


“Watch the video for yourself, keep in mind the following: We are on a PUBLIC road in the middle of Ramona, CA. Pretty much empty deserted road by a tiny airport. Five different residents of the area drove by asking if we needed help and weren’t bothered by our presence. I didn’t provoke the man because there was a really good chance he had a gun in his truck (the police afterward also confirmed this by saying lots of residents carry around there). Also, I said “sir” about 200 times because I was trying to be as polite as possible, even while he was trying to run me over,” wrote Stone.

Take a look.

× Ramona Photographer Encounters Road Rage

“Why don’t you go take f---ing pictures in your own front yard?” the driver yelled. Stone replied that they would be out of there in a second. But that did not satisfy the man who peeled off, turned around and then aimed his truck right at Stone.


He did that twice as Stone repeatedly tried to calm the man down and deescalate the situation. The man then appeared to be driving away but but he turned and drove back instead and got out of his truck and knocked Stone’s cell phone out of his hand, the photographer said.

Stone said the phone hit the pavement and the screen broke and when he told the driver that he would have to pay for it the man answered by pulling down his pants and offering more profanity.

Stone and his friend got into their cars and called police. The driver, identified as 52-year-old Mark Gordon, was arrested on Sunday. According to San Diego County sheriff’s Sgt. Rob Samuels, Gordon was booked into jail on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor vandalism.

Stone’s video, which he also posted on YouTube, had since racked up more than 500,000 views and almost 2,000 comments. He told KFMB that he was in remote location to shoot to shoot photos of an Audi.


Gordon is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.