Police said a man pulled a gun on the customer behind him at a Branford Taco Bell drive-thru on Wednesday night because the other customer beeped at him.
The altercation happened at the drive-thru of Taco Bell, at 960 West Main Street, around 10:30 p.m., according to a news release from police.
The victim told authorities that he was in line at the drive-thru when a man approached him, pointed a handgun at him and fled in a vehicle.
With help from the victim, Branford Police Officer Matthew Clerkin found the vehicle a short distance away, with the gun inside.
Police arrested the passenger, Joaquim Silva, 24, of East Haven, after determining that he pulled the gun because the victim beeped his horn while Silva was waiting in line, police said.
Silva was charged with threatening in the first degree, breach of peace, reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal use of a firearm.
Police said the woman who drove the car had a valid permit to carry a firearm, but Silva did not, so he was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, according to police.
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Silva was held on a $100,000 bond and arraigned in New Haven Court. It's not clear if he has an attorney.
