{"id":224246,"date":"2026-04-09T01:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224246\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T01:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:39:43","slug":"i-275-road-rage-arrests-driver-pulls-gun-another-faces-dui-charge-after-crash-fhp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224246\/","title":{"rendered":"I-275 road rage arrests: Driver pulls gun, another faces DUI charge after crash: FHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rjet6swaupeg08ma.jpg\" alt=\"Gun pulled during road rage incident \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-8pmrkaiuvo1ffex2\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gun pulled during road rage incident <\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">One man is facing aggravated battery assault with a deadly weapon, and another is facing DUI charges after video captured one driver being held on the ground at gunpoint by the other driver following a road rage incident. FOX 13\u2019s Evan Axelbank reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8211; Two men were arrested following a road rage crash that resulted in one of the drivers pointing a gun at the other, demanding they get on the ground Wednesday morning on Interstate 275, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida <\/a>Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Troopers say the incident began shortly before 8:30 a.m. when they received reports of a reckless white Chevrolet Silverado traveling southbound on I-275, near the Sunshine Skyway South rest area in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Petersburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to investigators, the Silverado sideswiped a white Dodge Ram pickup truck. After the crash, both vehicles stopped on the highway, and both drivers got out.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Troopers say the driver of the Dodge Ram then pulled out a gun and pointed it at the other driver, ordering him to get on the ground.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Troopers identified the Dodge Ram driver as Paul Shannon, 55. He was arrested and faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The driver of the Chevrolet Silverado, Gary Thompson, 50, was arrested on charges of DUI and refusal to submit to a urine test.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Both men were taken to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/manatee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manatee County<\/a> Jail.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Troopers are reminding drivers that if they encounter reckless or aggressive behavior on the road, they should call 911 or dial *FHP, keep their distance and avoid escalating the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/manatee\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manatee County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gun pulled during road rage incident One man is facing aggravated battery assault with a deadly weapon, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[630,47,4134,115,1157,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-224246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-manatee","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-pinellas","13":"tag-st-pete","14":"tag-st-pete-headlines","15":"tag-st-pete-news","16":"tag-st-petersburg","17":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","18":"tag-st-petersburg-news","19":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}