Nashua Woman Accused Of Flashing Firearm During Road Rage Incident Involving Wrong-Way Driver

NASHUA, NH — A woman from Nashua was arrested and held without bail after being accused of flashing a firearm at a driver who was driving the wrong way on Foundry Street earlier this month.

Around 5:45 p.m. on March 6, officers were sent to an apartment on Holmes Street to investigate a possible road rage incident involving a gun. When they arrived, they spoke to the complainant, a woman in her late 30s, who claimed a woman, who was a passenger in a Chevrolet sedan, pointed a gun at her, according to an affidavit.

The complainant met with officers later at police headquarters.

The victim said she was driving her Hyundai SUV the wrong way on Foundry Street when the sedan’s driver drove his car toward her. A yelling match ensued between her, the driver of the car, and Lily Decker, 22, of Foundry Street in Nashua, the victim said. She then backed her SUV onto Holmes Street, parked, and attempted to gesture for the sedan driver to go by, a report said. After doing so, Decker exited the car and continued yelling at her, an affidavit said. The victim retrieved a snowbrush from her SUV, in an effort to arm or protect herself, presuming Decker would approach her, the report said. She denied approaching the other vehicle herself, police said.

However, Decker returned to the car and “appeared to retrieve something,” a detective wrote.

“As the Chevrolet sedan drove away, (the victim) reported that the female passenger produced a pistol and pointed the pistol at (her),” the affidavit said. “(She) reported ‘freezing up’ with fear, and feeling threatened by this activity. (She) described this female as a white female, heavier set, with blue hair.”

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Nashua police records showed Decker living on Foundry Street while social media queries connected her to the owner of the Chevrolet, the report stated.

Detectives visited the home where the man lived on Lund Street and spoke to his parents, who confirmed he was with Decker and he owned a pistol, the affidavit said.

While speaking with the parents, Decker and the owner of the car arrived at the home. He provided a statement to police — saying he “told Decker to get back into his car during this altercation so they could leave the area, which she did,” the report stated. He then accused her of displaying the firearm toward the complainant during the incident, and he drove from the scene.

Consent was provided to search the car, and detectives found and seized a Canik 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, the affidavit said.

A detective spoke to Decker, who also agreed to provide a statement and waived her Miranda rights, the report said. She was accused of admitting to pointing the pistol at the woman.

“Initially,” the detective wrote, “Decker stated she believed she was justified in doing so, however after noting the fact that she was within a vehicle which was moving and the fact that Joanna was armed with a snow brush and at a distance, Decker agreed that she ‘over-reacted’.”

A warrant was issued for Decker’s arrest on March 10, and she was charged with one felony count of criminal threatening with a deadly weapon on March 11.

Decker was arraigned in Nashua District Court and held without bail. She is due back in court for a bail hearing on March 26.

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