1:05 PM PT -- According to police documents, obtained by TMZ Sports, Cash Wheeler's arrest Friday stemmed from an alleged road rage incident that took place on July 27 on Interstate 4 in Orange County, Fla.
Cops say a man told them he had been driving ... when he noticed a Jeep Gladiator "weaving in and out of traffic" while "honking its horn" behind him. They say the man told them he moved into the far right lane to avoid the car -- but the driver of the Jeep then pulled to the shoulder beside him, whipped out a black semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at him with "a strong stare.