BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue police arrested a man they say pointed a gun at a mother and her two kids and yelled racial slurs during a road rage incident.
The incident occurred just after 10 a.m. in a strip mall off Factoria Boulevard SE, near the Brown Bear Car Wash.
According to BPD, the suspect and the woman almost hit each other at the intersection of Factoria Boulevard SE and SE 38th Street.
The victims said the driver, 52-year-old Kelly Bailey, continued to follow them to a nearby gas station and allegedly yelled racial slurs at them.
“We had multiple callers on it. I believe we were told one of the one of the involved parties had a firearm,” said Captain Landon Barnwell.
The victims told police that Bailey took his gun out of his holster and made threats to kill the woman.
The mom and kids ran into a gas station and hid. One of the kids called 911.
Witnesses and the victims said Bailey followed them and stood outside the gas station with a gun.
“It’s the act of threats to kill someone. Obviously, if you have a firearm in your hand whether you point it at the individual or not, you have the ability to carry out that threat,” said Barnwell.
In the police report, Bailey told police he pulled into the parking lot to calm down and thought the victims had a gun too. The report added that Bailey had his gun for self-defense.
Bailey was quickly arrested and booked into King County Jail for harassment-threat to kill and hate crime.
It doesn’t appear that anyone was physically injured.
The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information, call the BPD non-emergency line at 425-577-5656 or email the department at bellevuepd@bellevuewa.gov.
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