COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County man is in jail without bond after aiming a gun at a driver and passenger in traffic with him during a road rage incident.
A father and son say they were the victims during the incident because of what they were wearing.
Rafael Blanco and his son Antonio Blanco told Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes that they were heading to work back on July 15th, for their family contracting business when a man, later identified as John Wier, pulled up next to them at a red light on Canton Road in Cobb County.
“...he just asked us to roll the window down and I said sure. Can I help you? He just started like - cursing at us. He goes, well the problem with this country is you people, you Trumpsters this this and that and I’m looking at my son like – because I have a red truck and red company shirts on? I don’t understand what’s going on..." the father, Rafael Blanco, said.
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Blanco said when he realized Weir was getting more and more aggressive, he pulled off.
“I tried to like just get away from him but then he would just get closer and closer and traffic behind us was slowing down. Then he cut us off and when he cut us off that’s when he pulled the gun. He aimed it towards us and at that moment, fast acting, my son took pictures of him and took pictures of his vehicle,” Rafael Blanco told Channel 2 Action News.
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The father and son called 911 and it didn’t take long for police to catch up to Weir and arrest him.
After catching up to Wier, court records say police found him with a bag of marijuana and a sawed off shotgun, an illegal weapon under federal law, in the car.
Police charged Wier with aggravated assault, reckless conduct, possession of marijuana, and unlawful possession of a fire arm.
The father and son dup believe God was looking out for them that day.
“I thank god everyday that it didn’t escalate any further than that,” Antonio Blanco said.
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