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A Texas visitor is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he pulled a gun and pointed it at another person during a road rage incident on Okaloosa Island Sunday night. The victim says 31-year old Billy Steward Jr. was in a white Dodge Charger trying to make a left hand turn from Highway 98 eastbound onto Santa Rosa Boulevard where no left turn is allowed. The victim honked his horn and went into the right hand lane to try to get around the car. Both vehicles were then traveling eastbound when Steward, who was a passenger in the backset of the Charger, got a gun, cocked it, and pointed it at the victim. The victim slammed on his brakes in fear. The Charger made a U-turn and headed back towards Fort Walton Beach. A FWB Police Department officer spotted it on Hollywood Boulevard. After a traffic stop, the driver said there was a gun in the glove box and the officer found a 9mm handgun with a black muzzle. The victim and a witness both positively identified Steward as the person pointing the weapon. Our thanks to the Fort Walton Beach Police Department for their assistance.
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