Driver charged after holding up gun, yelling at Woodbridge intersection

WASHINGTON — A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man was arrested Tuesday more than a month after he allegedly held a gun and yelled at another driver at an intersection in Woodbridge.

Jesse William Blair Lyon, 30, was charged with brandishing a weapon.

Police responded to the intersection of Minnieville Road and Spriggs Road on June 1 shortly before 6:30 p.m. The 25-year-old victim told police he was stopped at a traffic light when Lyon, driving a Chevrolet pickup truck, pulled up next to him.

Lyon held a gun, pointed it upward and yelled at the victim about his driving before pulling away.

The victim drove away to an area business to contact police.

Below is a map of the intersection where the incident happened.

John Domen

John started working at WTOP in 2016 after having grown up in Maryland listening to the station as a child. While he got his on-air start at small stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he's spent most of his career in the D.C. area, having been heard on several local stations before coming to WTOP.

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