GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — An apparent case of road rage ended with two men behind bars after police say they impersonated law enforcement officers and threatened a driver at gunpoint in Gwinnett County.

Gwinnett County police say the incident began when a driver called 9-1-1 from North Deshon Road, reporting that two men were tailing him after an encounter that started in DeKalb County. According to police, the men claimed the driver had hit their vehicle, though the driver told officers he did not believe a crash occurred and continued driving.

Gwinnett Police Corporal Ryan Winderweedle said the situation escalated when the suspects allegedly made the driver stop and threatened him while claiming to be police officers.

“Apparently at some point the suspects get out and point guns at him claiming to be police, threatening to shoot him, threatening him, and telling him to get out of the car,” Winderweedle said.

Responding officers identified the suspects as Ryan Mays and David Robinson. Police say both men work for a security company and were outfitted in body armor during the incident. Winderweedle said officers noted that the men’s outer vests did not identify them as security.

“Officers determined that these individuals were representing themselves as law enforcement as police,” Winderweedle said. “The officer noted that nowhere on their shirt, on their outer vest armor carriers did it say security or anything like that; it said K-9.”

Police say the men were carrying equipment typically associated with law enforcement. “They had body cameras, tasers, one of them had a pistol on him,” Winderweedle said.

Both men were arrested and charged with impersonating police officers, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. Robinson is also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

WSB Radio’s Veronica Waters contributed to this story.