MINNEAPOLIS _ A man is in jail and accused of flashing a loaded handgun at another driver in Moorhead, Minn., after pointing out his Donald Trump bumper sticker vs. hers for presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren.
The woman told law enforcement that the encounter began shortly after noon Monday on S. 8th Street near Concordia College, where the man pulled up next to her, rolled down his window and loudly expressed "his dislike for the political bumper sticker" on her car, a statement from police read.
The man pointed toward his bumper sticker in support of the Republican president and kept voicing "his difference in national political views," the statement continued.
"I believe they were actually moving at the time," Police Capt. Deric Swenson told WDAY-TV in Fargo. "Then from there, it escalated to maybe both vehicles are trying to speed past the other."
After the motorists continued south on the busy street for several blocks, the man then got in front of her car and held up a handgun.
Officers found the suspect at a business nearby in the Brookdale Shopping Center. They saw a box for a handgun in the vehicle and located a loaded handgun in the center console.
A passenger with the man "confirmed the actions of the suspect" that were reported by the motorist backing the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, the statement read.
The man, a 27-year-old from West Fargo, was booked into the Clay County jail less than 90 minutes later on suspicion of felony terroristic threats, being a felon in possession of a gun and carrying a weapon without a permit. He has yet to be charged. The Star Tribune generally does not identify suspects before they are charged.
