Road Rage On I-95 Gets Gun-Toting Man Arrested: Police

LEXINGTON, MA — A New Hampshire man's alleged road rage got the best of him Thursday afternoon, resulting in his arrest after flashing a gun at another driver on I-95 in Lexington, police said. He was nabbed with a gun, ammo, and brass knuckles, according to a release from Mass. State Police. A state trooper from the Concord State Police Barracks responded to a report of road rage on the Interstate shortly after 3 p.m. The caller said a man in a black pickup truck flashed a gun at him.

Police stopped the truck getting off I-95 South at Exit 29B. The driver, identified as 26-year-old Matthew McKinney, of Alexandria, NH, was arrested without incident.

McKinney's truck was searched, resulting in the seizure of a .45 caliber Smith and Wesson Shield handgun, two magazines containing a total of 13 .45 caliber rounds of ammunition, a backpack with 32 loose rounds of .45 caliber ammunition and a set of brass knuckles, police said.

McKinney is not licensed to carry a firearm in Massachusetts, police said. He was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm without a license, unlawful possession of ammunition without a permit, and possession of a dangerous weapon (brass knuckles.)

Bail was set at $340.

Photo courtesy of Mass. State Police