Man arrested after pulling out a gun on another driver in road rage incident

16.07.2025    WSVN 7 News Miami    2 views
Man arrested after pulling out a gun on another driver in road rage incident

NEW SMYRNA BEACH Fla WSVN A Florida driver is behind bars after being accused of attempting to run another man off the road and threatening him with a gun As i was going around him he swerved and ran me off the road and that s when it all started disclosed the targeted driver This circumstance of road rage ended with one man surrounded by Volusia County Sheriff s deputies in New Smyrna beach Police body cam footage manifested the interaction between deputies and -year-old Shawn Eissler Explicit hard-headed when the cops say put your Explicit hands out the window do that let your hands go That s exactly how people get shot Deputies say Eissler tried driving away while reaching down into his car where deputies later discovered a gun also captured on body cam footage Oh the pistol s right there on the seat that s what you re doing The gun exposed is the same Eissler was accused of flashing at the driver The targeted victim shared how scary the situation was for him After he tried to run me off the road my whole car was basically in the ditch luckily I didn t total it out there pulled it back on the road and it just started from there reported the victim He was following me kept trying to ram into me Looking back i couldn t for sure make out if it was a fire arm but he definitely had something in his hand Being a father and husband the victim says he feared for his family s safety I didn t want to come here to my house and have a confrontation start where either a gun fight would happen or a physical confrontation would happen he disclosed Amidst those scary moments the victim says he s thankful he called his wife who informed him to call Don t feel lesser of a man to have to call the police I had an issue and i felt lesser of a man by having to call the police but by me doing that my family is safe I am safe he noted Eissler now faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and driving under the influence

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