Driver Points Gun in Road Rage Incident on I-84 in Waterbury: Police

State police are seeking the public's help in finding a person involved in an armed road rage incident on Thursday morning.

A driver complained to state police that another driver got angry and pointed a handgun at him near exit 23 on Interstate 84 in Waterbury.

State police responded to the area at 6:30 a.m. in Southbury. They said that the suspect they are looking for has a thin build is 25 to 30 years old and has short black hair and facial hair.

The driver reported to police that the handgun pointed at him had a silver slide and black frame and that the offending motorist was driving a late 90s to early 2000 tan Chevrolet SUV that was either a Tahoe or Blazer, state police said. The license plate has 281 as the first three numbers.

The complaintant was driving an orange and black Ford F-350. It's unclear what triggered the road rage incident.

State police ask anyone with information to call Trooper Wildman of Troop A in Southbury at 203-267-2200 at extension 4372. Calls will remain confidential.

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