Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2018 9:12 pm

GREAT BARRINGTON — Area police are still looking for a blue pickup truck after a woman reported that a man had reached out the truck window and aimed a gun at her tires Monday evening on Main Street.

Police say the woman, whose name was not released, went to the Great Barrington Police Department Monday just before 6 p.m. to report the incident. She said it happened when she passed a dark blue, midsize pickup truck driven by a white male.

According to the police log, the woman said the man "held a small handgun out the window and pointed it towards her tires." It's unclear from the log whether the man who aimed the gun was the driver or a passenger.

She also said the truck had Massachusetts plates, but she was not able to supply the number. Police immediately issued an alert for the truck, which she said was heading south toward Sheffield on Route 7.

Both Great Barrington and Sheffield police say they attempted to find the truck but to no avail.

Road rage incidents involving guns doubled in the U.S. between 2014 and 2017, according to The Trace, an independent news organization that studies and reports on gun violence. In 2016 there were 620 road incidents involving firearms, according to an analysis; the data for 2017 isn't yet complete.

Heather Bellow can be reached at hbellow@berkshireeagle.com or on Twitter @BE_hbellow and 413-329-6871