Man Pointed Loaded Gun At Driver, Police Say

A driver pointed a loaded 9 mm handgun at another motorist Friday near the intersection of Kingshighway Street and First Capitol Drive.

St. Charles Police said the St. Charles man was screaming and yelling as he tailed the other motorist and drove dangerously in rush hour traffic at about 4:15 p.m. on Friday.

The driver, Gregory Shurtz, 47, of the 1200 block of Chargene in St. Charles, was charged Monday with unlawful use of a weapon, a felony. A St. Charles police officer, who witnessed part of the incident, pulled Shurtz over and arrested him.

The officer said the St. Charles Police Department has had “many contacts” with Shurtz in the past.

“He made comments to me in the past about owning guns and insinuates he will handle things himself,” the officer wrote in the report.

Bail was set at $25,000, cash only, with the condition that Shurtz must turn over all his guns to St. Charles Police.

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