Friday, September 04, 2009

Bang. I Mean, Ooops!

KNOXVILLE -

A Powell woman with a valid handgun carry permit allegedly pulled her gun on an off-duty Knoxville Police Department official this afternoon in an incident that may have been sparked by road rage, authorities say.

Luann Keller, 55, was charged with aggravated assault, a felony, according to KPD Lt. Kenny Miller.

The incident happened about 5 p.m. when KPD Lt. Dusty Lane, who was off-duty and driving his personal vehicle, was going northbound on Clinton Highway, Miller said.

Keller, who was behind the wheel of a Dodge Dakota pickup truck, was driving behind Lane when she began acting aggressively, Miller said.

"She started blowing her horn and then pulled up beside him and pulled a firearm," Miller said. "She points it at him and keeps on going."

Lane called for on-duty marked units, and Keller was taken into custody without incident at the intersection of Clinton Highway and West Emory Road."

2 comments:

Tabor said...

Please put her away for a very very long time!

Cerulean Bill said...

Given that that's the state where they just approved bringing concealed weapons into bars, I doubt it.