WELLFORD, S.C. (WSPA) – An off-duty police officer was arrested after investigators said she pointed a gun at a woman and her kids during a road rage incident along Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County.

33-year-old Paige Marie Newell was arrested Sunday and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm.

According to the Wellford Police Department, officers were called to a disturbance along I-85 southbound near mile marker 67.

Police encountered the victim and suspect in a parking lot along Highway 29.

The victim told investigators that Newell brake checked her while driving on the interstate before passing, according to the report. The report said that the Newell got “really close” to the victim’s vehicle before the victim tapped her brakes.

According to the report, the victim said Newell then went around her, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at her child in the passenger seat. The report said there were two children in the car at the time, ages 12 and 3.

The police report then said that the victim followed Newell in order to get her license plate number before Newell backed into the victim’s car in a parking lot.

Newell told responding officers that she was a police officer with the Anderson Police Department.

Wellford Police seized Newell’s service firearm along with a personal gun which was not used in the incident, the report stated.

The service weapon was later returned to the Anderson Police Department.

Newell was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center and later released, according to jail records.

7News has reached out to the Anderson Police Department for comment but have not heard back.