Maryland man accused of shooting at truck of Trump supporters after they honked
A Maryland man is accused of firing a shotgun at a truck with two Trump supporters after they honked as he become striking up a be part of his yard, police acknowledged.
No one become damage in the incident, which took place round 2: 30 p.m. Saturday in Kingsville, a group of round 4,400 northeast of Baltimore, Baltimore County police acknowledged in a statement.
Douglas Kuhn, 50, become arrested on two counts of first-stage assault and other costs, police acknowledged.
Police acknowledged that Kuhn become striking up a political signal on his property and that the males had a political be part of the wait on of the truck. They failed to present extra most important sides about the indicators.
The people in the truck immediate NBC affiliate WBAL of Baltimore that they are Trump supporters and were giving a nice honk to Kuhn while he keep up a Sunless Lives Matter signal.
The sufferer “honked his horn quite a bit of times” at Kuhn, and he “picked up a shotgun and discharged it as they drove by,” inflicting no accidents or break to the auto, police acknowledged.
Bradley Lang, who become in the truck with his father, immediate the website online that the honk become intended as a neighborly gesture.
“It is Kingsville, or now not it is a nice role. You know, every person honks at every other,” he acknowledged. He immediate the website online they were round 100 to 200 feet away when Kuhn fired.
Lang acknowledged they were terrified but thankful that no-one become damage.
A phone message to a one who appears to be like to be Kuhn in public records become now not correct now returned Monday evening.
Online court docket records failed to look to listing Kuhn’s attorney Monday evening.
The Baltimore Solar reported that Kuhn’s attorney acknowledged he intends to plead now not responsible, and the attorney immediate the deem at a hearing Monday that if the allegations are appropriate it would maybe per chance be “an aberration of persona” and that Kuhn has no past criminal history.
Kuhn become ordered to wait on house detention till his next court docket date, WBAL reported.
Baltimore County District Court Concentrate on Philip Tirabassi at Monday’s hearing wondered aloud: “How did it procure to the point the put he pulls out a shotgun? What has the world technique to?” per WBAL.
