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In an unintentionally ironic situation, an Alabama man started a road rage-fueled brawl at a gas station in Niceville, Florida. According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, 40-year-old Thomas Keebler, who apparently has had several run-ins with police in 2023, attacked three teenagers at a gas station after they did something he didn’t like on the street.

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Surveillance footage from the gas station, which we have included here, shows Keebler entering the gas station ahead of the teens, but not stopping at a pump. Instead, he blocks the teens at a pump in what clearly appears to be an attempt to instigate something.

If you’re being followed by someone who has an aggressive driving style, and that person waits until you’ve stopped somewhere before getting out of their own vehicle, the worst thing you can do is get out of your car to confront them. Since the video doesn’t contain audio, we have no idea what the teens said, but you can see that Keebler initially pulled on the door handles of the Kia Soul because he wanted a face-to-face confrontation.

As in so many incidents, Keebler became more aggressive as the children involved got out of their car, eventually escalating to physical violence. At one point, he even shoves the young girl who got out of the Kia. She quickly runs to get help while the man throws her friends to the ground and continues to beat them.

The man the young girl called over appears to intervene and calm the situation down. Keebler then begins to get into his truck, but not before another man approaches the truck, who is obviously recording the incident on his phone, which he points at the back of the truck as Keebler drives away. This was a smart move, as the surveillance footage is a terrible 480p resolution.

According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Keebler is charged with assault and child abuse. The man turned himself in after officers contacted him about the incident at the gas station. Keebler has a long criminal history that includes assault, so he obviously has no problem using violence to make his point. For this reason, it’s not a good idea to escalate incidents of road rage, as the other person may not know boundaries.

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