Oconomowoc man charged with pointing gun during Waukesha road rage
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Getting cut off in traffic is never pleasant, and many Wisconsin drivers might be double irked if the offending car is from Illinois.
But police say an Oconomowoc man went too far when he addressed the situation by pulling a gun during a road rage incident last month in Waukesha.
According to a criminal complaint:
Two drivers had just exited I-94 about 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 4 when one cut off the other as they pulled onto N. Grandview Blvd. heading south.
They each sped and slowed down, changed lanes and swore at each other once they came to a red light.
But then Michael J. Bukosky, 36, pointed a gun at the other driver and said, "That's right - don't (expletive) around in a concealed carry state."
The other driver (who is actually from Wisconsin, but was driving his grandfather's car), drove to a Walgreen's parking lot and dialed 911.
But Bukosky had beat him to it. Police asked the other driver if he had a gun. He said he didn't.
Bukosky told police the other driver swerved in front of him, forcing him to the shoulder, before they began yelling at each other. He said he told the other driver, "We don't drive like that in Wisconsin, go back to Illinois you (expletive)."
Bukosky told police he thought the other driver was reaching for a gun, so he pointed his own weapon at him and yelled, "No, no, no."
Police confiscated a Ruger handgun with seven rounds from Bukosky. No weapons were found in the other man's car.
Bukosky was charged Thursday with pointing a firearm at another, a misdemeanor. His initial court appearance is set for Feb. 11.
Bukosky was married to Jennifer Bukosky, who along with her daughter and the couple's unborn child, was killed in a high-profile impaired driving crash in 2008. Former surgeon Mark Benson was convicted in the case and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
