HINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – A 60-year-old Hingham man was the subject of a court hearing Wednesday after he was charged with firing a gun during a road rage incident outside of the Hingham Public Library last Thursday.
Steven License, 60, of Hingham, is charged with Assault to Murder, Assault and Battery Attempt with a Firearm, Assault and Battery Attempt with a Firearm, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Discharging a Firearm within 500 Feet of a Building, and Disorderly Conduct.
Hingham police officers responding to the library parking lot at 66 Leavitt Street said they determined the incident began several miles away from the library, when License’s wife threw a tissue out of their car window. A man in a truck followed the couple’s car to the library parking lot, where License’s wife and the truck driver got out of their cars and into a heated verbal argument. License, who is wheelchair bound, told police he fired from the passenger seat to protect his wife…