On Tuesday, a driver on northbound I-880 near 16th Avenue in Oakland experienced the throes of road rage, reportedly pointing a gun at them. The incident, which could have escalated into something more dire, was thwarted thanks to the swift response of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers. According to a social media post by CHP Oakland, the victim signalled for help shortly after the altercation, leading officers to locate and stop the suspect.
The high-risk stop, executed by the CHP near 16th Avenue and Embarcadero, resulted in the detention of the driver, who denied possession of any firearm as the search of the vehicle initially turned up empty. However, persistence in the search for the driver’s route paid off when officers recovered a loaded "ghost gun," a type of unserialized weapon that eludes conventional regulatory detection and one that the victim would indeed positively identify as the weapon brandished during the incident.
The driver had been arrested and booked into Santa Rita Jail for brandishing a firearm alongside multiple firearm-related offenses.
