Stafford, Va. — A bizarre episode unfolded last night in Stafford County when a man brandished a gun in front of a female driver.
The victim was driving west on Va. 630 toward Shelton Shop Road about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a Jeep pulled up behind the woman and began flashing its lights. The woman came to the intersection at Shelton Shop Road and turned left, and the Jeep followed her. The victim turned right onto Walt Wittman Boulevard in the Shelton Run subdivision, said Stafford sheriff’s department spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The victim stopper her car and the Jeep pulled up behind her. The woman got out and walked up the Jeep and saw a male in the driver’s seat and woman, who was crying hysterically, in the passenger’s seat screaming “why are you doing this,” said Kennedy.
The victim asked the driver, who appeared to be calm, if anything was wrong. The male looked at her, pulled out a small handgun, did not point it at the victim, and then looked at the victim, said Kennedy.
That was enough for the woman to go back to her call and call 911. The driver of the Jeep took off down Walt Wittman Boulevard, hit a ditch and took out a mailbox, and then pulled out of the ditch and fled the scene, said Kennedy.
The male and woman inside the Jeep were said to be white, in their late teens to early 20s, with brown hair. The male had short hair, possibly a military cut, added Kennedy.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Stafford County Crime Solvers.
This is the second report of a gun being brandished in front of female driver in Stafford County this week.
Earlier this week, two men were charged after a woman found her car had been shot at with a paintball gun. Prior to the arrests, the victim said she saw two men in a pickup pull up next to her at a stoplight and brandish what apparently was a paintball gun.
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