Man pointed gun at driver before police shot him in Bensalem, officials say

A 44-year-old Levittown man pointed a gun at another driver before police shot him in Bensalem Township on Saturday, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said.

The DA’s office identified the 44-year-old man who was shot as John Thomas Mathis and said that he “has a documented history of aggressive behavior and numerous open criminal cases in Bucks County.”

On Saturday at around 5:45 p.m., the DA’s office said, officers were dispatched to Bristol Pike for a report of a man, later identified as Mathis, who was driving recklessly on a motorcycle and pulled out a gun…

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