Jan 22, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — A viral video captured this week outside a northeast Indy gas station shows a man pointing a handgun in a woman's face and shoving her up against a car while threatening her. Police have since arrested the man on various felony charges. Mark White mugshot // IMPD Indy police crews were called around 8 p.m. Tuesday to a Speedway on E. 56th Street for a "white male holding a Black female at gunpoint" by one of the gas pumps. Officers soon arrived and arrested 60-year-old Mark D. White of North Carolina for strangulation, intimidation, battery, pointing a loaded firearm and more. A video taken by a witness has since been viewed over one million times on Facebook. Viral video captures armed altercation The video, which was posted by Facebook user Kevin Edwards, appears to show a man armed with a large silver pistol cornering a woman who is sitting inside her car. The woman then stands up and the man pushes her up against the car while pointing the gun at her head. "Don't put your gun in my face," the woman can be heard yelling. She then turns to Edwards and says "call the cops." "She didn't do anything to show signs of aggression, so he definitely took it to the extreme," Edwards said in an interview with FOX59/CBS4. Edwards recorded the fight on his cell phone and watched the man repeatedly threaten to shoot the woman at point blank range. He and multiple other witnesses began yelling for help after the man pulled out his gun. "That was completely unnecessary to pull a firearm," said Edwards. Mark White seen pointing gun at woman's head. (From video by Kevin Anthony) Mark White seen pushing gun into woman's head. (From video by Kevin Anthony) An IMPD police report - which identifies the armed man as White - shows that several bystanders indeed called the cops. "Openline call with female yelling at someone stating they pulled a gun out and put it in her face and called her racial slurs," one 911 dispatch call read. The video then zooms out to show the man's 2015 Dodge Ram parked near a gas pump and the woman's black 2017 Chevy Impala parked in front of the truck. White continues to shove the woman up against the sedan as bystanders plead with him to stop pointing the pistol at her. Around a minute into the video, White begins to walk away from the woman and toward his truck. However - as the woman continues to yell at him - White soon turns around and uses both hands to point his gun toward her again. Mark White seen holding a gun on a woman. (From video by Kevin Anthony)Mark White seen pointing a gun at woman. (From video by Kevin Anthony)Mark White seen holding a gun on a woman. (From video by Kevin Anthony) The woman continues to yell at White as he points the gun at her and follows her movements. Other bystanders are heard telling the woman to leave because the police are on their way. The video then ends after about three minutes when the bystander walks inside the Speedway. Police interviews, investigation Police soon arrived to find White and the woman still standing near the gas pumps. Officers told both of them to show their hands, and White was seen holding the silver handgun in his right hand before dropping it into his truck bed. The woman told officers that she too had a handgun in her possession, but that it was inside her car. Police later found a black handgun inside a holster sitting in the driver seat of the Chevy. Both of them were read their Miranda rights by police, handcuffed and interviewed separately. The woman told officers she was parked next to a gas pump that was out of service when she noticed White pull up in his truck behind her. She said White honked his horn at her multiple times, so she pulled her car forward, parked and got out. The woman said she then stood outside of her car with her gun in her pocket and asked White what the problem was, which then sparked a verbal argument. While yelling at each other, the woman said White approached her aggressively and she reacted by pulling her gun and holding it at her side. Upon seeing this, White reportedly said "I got a way bigger firearm" and went to grab the silver handgun from his truck. "There's no need for a way bigger firearm," the woman reportedly said while trying to de-escalate the situation. "I will kill you," White is quoted as replying. The woman said White then grabbed her by the throat and strangled her while pushing her up against her car door. She said he also pointed his gun at her head and at one point hit her in the face with it. Mark White appears to hold victim by neck against car. (From video by Kevin Anthony) When asked by police, the victim said that she never pointed her handgun at White during the altercation. During his interview, White agreed with this. When explaining his side of the story, White told police he had been waiting behind the woman at the gas pump for "a short time" when he honked at the woman. He said she reacted by approaching him with a gun at her side. White said he told the woman "she better put that gun away" and then grabbed his gun from his truck. "I walked her back over to the car at gunpoint and told her I will f***ing blow her head off," White told police. "I said 'I will f***ing shoot you'." White said he then "ran her up against the car" in an attempt to wrestle her gun away from her, but that at some point she threw it into her car. He later told police the woman did not point her gun at him "at all." One bystander stayed on scene and showed police several videos of the incident. Police said the videos showed White pointing his gun at the woman's head and putting his hands onto her neck while restraining her. Police also noted the woman had scratch marks on her neck and head, which is consistent with her and the witness' descriptions. While searching White's truck bed, police found a silver Smith and Wesson Springfield 10mm handgun with 10 live rounds that was later booked into evidence. Edwards said he is just relieved no shots were fired and that he wishes people would learn to settle their conflicts without picking up a firearm. "I'm just glad, that could have been worse," he said. "I would sleep better at night if just one person would realize you have so much to lose and it can happen so fast, so think about your actions." Aftermath, arrest After their investigation, IMPD officers placed White under arrest. He was then taken to the Marion County Jail without further incident and booked on the following charges: Intimidation with a Deadly Weapon - Level 5 Felony Battery with a Deadly Weapon - Level 5 Felony Strangulation - Level 6 Felony Pointing a Loaded Firearm - Level 6 Felony Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury - Class A Misdemeanor Criminal Recklessness - Class B Misdemeanor Online records show White is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, in Marion County Court for an initial hearing in his case. He is being held on a $30,000 bond while he awaits trial. A police report filed by IMPD shows White is not an Indiana citizen and lists his residence as Hickory, North Carolina. He does not appear to have any criminal history in Indiana.
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