United States v. Erick Charles

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Early one spring evening a frightened woman called 911 to report an unfolding road-rage incident on Chicago’s north side. The woman reported that she was in her car in a narrow alley when another driver blocked her exit, got out of his car, and was approaching her in a menacing manner, screaming obscenities. A moment later the woman called back and said the man was now violently pounding on her car window and had displayed a gun.

A Chicago police officer responded to the scene and saw a car parked at the entrance to the alley. The driver- — later identified as Erick…