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dalton99a

(81,392 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 01:59 AM Dec 2019

Man rear ended car, pointed gun at driver after learning he didn't speak English

https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/police-man-rear-ended-car-pointed-gun-at-driver-after-learning-he-didnt-speak-english/

Man rear ended car, pointed gun at driver after learning he didn’t speak English
by Russell Falcon
Dec 9, 2019 / 04:33 PM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A fender bender ended with one of the drivers behind bars, according to Austin police.

In an arrest warrant, officers say that Austin resident Brent Lee Stover, 63, rear ended the victim’s car during traffic at the 1500 block of I-35 southbound on Dec. 7.

The victim told police he was sitting in traffic when it happened, and he got out of the vehicle to assess the damage. The man says he was trying to communicate with Stover, but that Stover became “enraged” because the man only spoke Spanish.

According to the warrant, Stover began yelling things like “f*****g Latinos!” and “speak English!” while pointing a pistol at the victim and his mother, who had come out of the vehicle to try to intervene.

The victim says the gun had a laser pointer and that Stover pointed it at his chest.

Police spoke to Stover and determined that his story — that he’d thought the victim was going to hit him, that he didn’t remember when he pointed the gun at the two people — was “inconsistent.”

Stover is charged with second-degree felony assault with a deadly weapon. His bail is set at $25,000 and he is now unable to possess a firearm.


Brent Lee Stover
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Man rear ended car, pointed gun at driver after learning he didn't speak English (Original Post) dalton99a Dec 2019 OP
I wonder who he voted for. nt Flaleftist Dec 2019 #1
Yeah me too. 47of74 Dec 2019 #7
Wouldn't surprise me in the least. Initech Dec 2019 #12
The guy who's going to bail on Stover's legal bills after making that empty promise bullwinkle428 Dec 2019 #14
Wait he rear ended the guy's car and he is gun mad about what ??? F this guy lock him up lunasun Dec 2019 #2
guy should see some time. and probably won't stopdiggin Dec 2019 #3
I love that he'll lose his right to have guns, though. He's exactly the kind of person tblue37 Dec 2019 #4
Lock him up. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #5
Into a molting machine rpannier Dec 2019 #6
Texas, again. nt RandiFan1290 Dec 2019 #8
seem like another one of them there 'sponsible gun owners ah keeps hearing about KG Dec 2019 #9
Grab his gunz jpak Dec 2019 #10
He caused the accident, then got out of his car TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #11
He wanted to be judge, jury and executioner. Initech Dec 2019 #13

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Wait he rear ended the guy's car and he is gun mad about what ??? F this guy lock him up
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:17 AM
Dec 2019

Glad he can not legally own a gun but does not mean he won’t have one next time he goes off

stopdiggin

(11,242 posts)
3. guy should see some time. and probably won't
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:27 AM
Dec 2019

due to jurisdiction.
So glad to see another solid citizen carrying and able to "defend" themselves.

tblue37

(65,226 posts)
4. I love that he'll lose his right to have guns, though. He's exactly the kind of person
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:27 AM
Dec 2019

who should not be armed.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,142 posts)
11. He caused the accident, then got out of his car
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:31 PM
Dec 2019

to inspect the damage HE CAUSED, with a firearm. That tells me everything I need to know.

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