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OUT THE GUN, BUT POINTED IT AT THE OTHER DRIVER. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE M DRIVING NEAR TROOPER FIRST CLASS ZACHARY BOWEN ON 695 SUNDA NIGHT, SAYS IT’S POSSIBLE HE ACCIDENTALLY CUT THE OFF-DUTY OFFICER OFF AS HE CHANGED INTO THE CENTER LANE. BUT, HE DID NOT EXPECT THE REACTION THAT POLICE SAY FOLLOWED. THE SUSPECT DROVE UP TO THEIR CAR SEVERAL TIMES AND GAVE THEM THE FINGER SEVERAL TIMES. THEY CONTINUED TO TRY TO DRIVE ON, AT THAT POINT IS WHEN THE SUSPECT PULLED OUT A WEAPON AND POINTED A WEAPON AT BOTH OF THEM. KA THIS WAS AT AROUND 6:30 P.M. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TERRIFIED DRIVER, AND HIS PASSENGER, PULLED OFF AT THE LIBERTY ROAD EXIT, CALL POLICE, AND WERE ABLE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR, AND THE MAN WITH THE GUN. THE MUG SHOT AGAIN HERE PLEASE WHO POLICE SAY DETECTIVES LATER IDENTIFIED AS TROOPER BOWEN. MARYLAND STATE POLICE SAY HE’S ASSIGNED TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY DIVISION. AND HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2012. ACCORDING TO BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE, THERE’S NO INDICATION THAT HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE. >> IF THERE’S ROAD RAGE, INTERACTION, OR DOING MOTIONS TOWARDS EACH OTHER IS ONE THING, BUT RAISING THIS TO THE POINT WHERE EITHER YOU TRY TO RAM A CAR, OR TRY TO POINT A WEAPON AT SOMEBODY, IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE PUBLIC TRUSTS US, WERE ARM AND ARE EXPECTED TO ACT APPROPRIATELY WHEN WE HAVE O WEAPONS WITH US. KAI: POLICE SAY TROOPER BOWEN WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOUSE AFTER THE INCIDENT. HE’S CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND WEAPONS CHARGE AND IS SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FROM THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE. LIVE IN TOWSON

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Baltimore County police say they have arrested and charged an off-duty state trooper in a road rage incident Sunday. According to police, the man driving near Trooper First Class Zachary Bowen, 28, of the 300 block of Leyton Road, on 695 on Sunday night says it's possible he accidentally cut the off-duty officer off, as he changed into the center lane. But he did not expect the reaction that police say followed. "They said that the suspect drove up to their car several times and gave them the finger several times," said Cpl. Shawn Vinson, of the Baltimore County Police Department. "They continued to try to drive on. At that point is when the suspect pulled out a weapon and pointed a weapon at both of them."Investigators say around 6:30 p.m., a man and a woman were traveling on the outer loop when the male victim driving the vehicle changed lanes. Following the lane change, Bowen, who was driving a Volkswagen Jetta next to the victims' car, pointed a handgun at the man and the woman, police say. Investigators say the terrified driver and his passenger pulled off at the Liberty Road exit, called police and were able to give a description of the car. "If there's road rage -- interaction or doing motions towards each other is one thing -- but raising this to the point where either you try to ram a car or try to point a weapon at somebody -- is just not acceptable," Vinson said. "The public trusts us -- we're armed and are expected to act appropriately when we have our weapons with us."As a result of the charges placed against him, Bowen was immediately suspended without pay by the Maryland State police, officials say.Bowen has been with MSP since 2012. He was most recently assigned to the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division. Officials say in addition to the criminal investigation by the Baltimore County Police Department, the MSP Internal Affairs Division will conduct an administrative investigation. Bowen has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/violent crime.