From Boston.com: Driver disarms gunman in Newton road rage incident - Newton - Your Town - Boston.com
A driver in Newton defused a road-rage incident Thursday with some calm talk and martial arts skills, disarming the other driver who had a gun, police said. Police did not release the name of the driver who wrestled the gun away. The driver who had the gun was arrested and identified by police as 21-year-old Byung Jin Kang, of Newton.
Kang was scheduled to be charged Friday morning in Newton District Court with assault with a firearm and unlawful carrying of a firearm, said Lieutenant Bruce Apotheker, Newton police spokesman. According to authorities, Kang was following the other driver closely on Greenwood Street. The other driver pulled his car over and Kang stopped behind him, Apotheker said. Both drivers got out of their cars, Apotheker said, and Kang pulled out a handgun. The other driver talked to Kang about putting the gun away. The driver then forced Kang to the ground and took the gun, Apotheker said. Kang fled and the other driver called police. Kang was stopped and arrested nearby, Apotheker said.
A driver in Newton defused a road-rage incident Thursday with some calm talk and martial arts skills, disarming the other driver who had a gun, police said. Police did not release the name of the driver who wrestled the gun away. The driver who had the gun was arrested and identified by police as 21-year-old Byung Jin Kang, of Newton.
Kang was scheduled to be charged Friday morning in Newton District Court with assault with a firearm and unlawful carrying of a firearm, said Lieutenant Bruce Apotheker, Newton police spokesman. According to authorities, Kang was following the other driver closely on Greenwood Street. The other driver pulled his car over and Kang stopped behind him, Apotheker said. Both drivers got out of their cars, Apotheker said, and Kang pulled out a handgun. The other driver talked to Kang about putting the gun away. The driver then forced Kang to the ground and took the gun, Apotheker said. Kang fled and the other driver called police. Kang was stopped and arrested nearby, Apotheker said.