What started as rush-hour horn blasts in Florida City on Wednesday ended with a felony arrest, after police say a 63-year-old driver chased another motorist and pointed a handgun during a roadside confrontation.
According to an arrest report, the dustup kicked off just after 5:30 p.m. at the busy intersection of Palm Drive and Krome Avenue. Police say one driver, later identified as Billy Graham Tindal of Lakeland, honked at another motorist when the light changed. What could have been a brief bout of commuter irritation allegedly escalated as Tindal followed the other vehicle onto U.S. 1.
Investigators say Tindal, who authorities report is temporarily staying in Homestead, tried to run the other car off the road along U.S. 1. The report states that he then rolled down his window and “pointed a small handgun” at the other driver. The victim kept following at a safe distance while calling police, trailing Tindal to the area of Hummingbird Drive and Jay Court in Homestead, where officers from that city arrived. Florida City police later took Tindal into custody there and seized a firearm, according to the report, as reported by Local 10…