Road Rage Incident Involving Paintball Gun In HoCo Leads To Man's Arrest: MD State Police

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — An Ohio man has been arrested after police say he pulled out a paintball pistol during a road rage incident that unfolded on I-70 Thursday morning in Howard County.

The victim told Maryland State Police that around 9:30 a.m. June 13, he was heading west on I-70 just west of the West Friendship Scale House. He called 911 to report that the driver of a blue Chevrolet car pointed a firearm at him during a road rage incident. The victim gave police a license plate number, according to the MSP.

Troopers found the suspect vehicle on westbound I-70 at MD-15 in Frederick where they pulled over the driver. While talking to the driver, police learned that James Wells, 39, of Ohio had pointed a paintball pistol at the victim, which he turned over to police. Wells was arrested on the scene and has been charged with first-degree assault.