San Jose police in April arrested a road rage suspect and later seized 40 guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition from his home, the department announced Thursday.
The suspect, identified as 71-year-old Michael Myers of San Jose, was arrested for brandishing a firearm and weapons violations, police said.
On April 13 at about 9:30 a.m., officers responded to the area of Quimby Road and Remington Way to investigate a report of a person brandishing a firearm near the intersection, according to police. Officers determined that the suspect, later identified as Myers, waved a firearm at another driver during a road rage incident.
Myers had fled the area, but officers continued to investigate, police said. With help from field training officers, recruit officers obtained an arrest warrant for Myers and a search warrant for his home.
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Patrol officers located Myers on April 28 and took him into custody without incident, police said. Other officers served a search warrant at his home.
The recruit officers obtained and served an emergency gun violence restraining order, police said. Officers found and seized the following weapons: 21 semi-automatic and bolt-action rifles, 16 handguns, three being ghost guns, two shotguns, and one fully-automatic submachine gun.
"The recruit Officers took it upon themselves to locate and arrest a person who had demonstrated he was no longer a responsible firearm owner," San Jose police Chief Anthony Mata said in a statement.
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Myers was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail, police said.
