LEWISTON — A Washington man is in custody after allegedly firing a handgun from his vehicle while driving erratically on U.S. Highway 95 near Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident began just after 4 p.m. when Idaho State Police received a 911 call reporting a white 2020 GMC Sierra driving dangerously southbound on Lewiston Hill. The caller reported seeing the driver waving a gun through the vehicle’s sunroof and said they believed they heard gunfire coming from the truck while it was still in Washington, according to a news release from Idaho State Police. The driver allegedly fired at the caller’s vehicle at the base of the hill.
An ISP trooper located the pickup in Lewiston and initiated a high-risk traffic stop. The driver, a 58-year-old man from Sequim, Washington, was taken