Doctor gets ugly at the gas pump – Cypress, California

Are doctors under stress today…this one was, could have been other things going on, running late for surgery, or was he just mad over the price of gas like the rest of us? This one is pretty close to home here in Southern California, a case of a doctor gone wild….BD

CYPRESS, Calif. - Violence broke out at the gas pumps in Orange County. Police say a La Palma doctor waiting in line to buy gas at the Costco warehouse store in Cypress grabbed a tire iron and confronted a motorist who cut into the line.

Sgt. Tom Bruce said the doctor was arrested and booked for investigation of brandishing a deadly weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, a misdemeanor. Witnesses told police the doctor was in line at the pumps Monday evening when another vehicle cut in front of him. When the doctor confronted the motorist with a tire iron, the other driver locked himself in his car and called police.