BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - A
Washington state man has been arrested on allegations that he pointed a
handgun at a pregnant woman because she was smoking a cigarette.
Bellingham police spokesman Mark
Young says 24-year-old Justin Dain Palmer reportedly stopped his pickup
truck Wednesday to shout at a smoker on a sidewalk, "Who the heck
smokes when they're pregnant?" The woman replied, "I do."
Young says after more words were exchanged, the man pointed a handgun at the woman. The Bellingham Herald reports the man then drove off, and the woman called 911.
Police stopped Palmer a short
time later. Young says Palmer acknowledged confronting the woman but
denied pulling a gun. Police say they found two semiautomatic
.45-caliber handguns in his pickup's center console.
Young says Palmer was arrested for investigation of pointing a gun.
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