Florida teen shoots woman’s car 7 times in road-rage incident, deputies say

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An 18-year-old gunman was arrested lower than two hours after he opened fireplace on a lady’s automobile throughout a road-rage incident Thursday morning, in line with authorities.

The Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned the incident started when a lady driving round 6 a.m. encountered an erratic driver with no headlights on.

Authorities mentioned the automobile’s erratic driving induced one other automobile to drive onto the shoulder to let it move. The erratic driver then tried to move the lady’s automobile however as a substitute collided along with her rear bumper.

“After that, the suspect drove alongside the sufferer’s SUV for a number of minutes earlier than opening fireplace out of the motive force’s window,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a launch.

In whole, the lady’s automobile was shot seven instances. The girl was not injured.

Utilizing “license plate reader know-how,” detectives recognized a suspect and had been exterior his home inside 20 to half-hour after the taking pictures.

Round 8:25 a.m., deputies stopped the suspect, 18-year-old Bryan Holmes, as he was stepping into his automobile to again out of the driveway.

When requested if he had a gun on him, Holmes mentioned no.

“When his arms moved towards his waistline, a deputy grabbed Holmes’ arms, moved him away from the automobile, and noticed a handgun fall to the driveway,” in line with a launch from the sheriff’s workplace.

In an interview with detectives, Holmes mentioned the lady had reduce him off in site visitors, and he’d hit her rear bumper. He additionally instructed authorities he fired a number of rounds into the automobile in an try and hit the tires and disable the automobile, in line with the discharge.

He was charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, discharging a firearm from a automobile, taking pictures into an occupied automobile, and possession of a hid weapon used within the fee of a felony by an individual beneath 24. He was transported to the Volusia County Department Jail with a bond of $40,000.