Man shoots another driver's car on I-75, FHP searching for suspect
The Brief
A man shot at another driver's car on I-75, hitting the passenger side door, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
This all began when FHP says a 25-year-old Tampa woman saw the driver of an SUV acting erratically before he swerved into her lane and honked at her.
Nobody was injured, but a one-year-old child and 23-year-old Tampa man were also in the car.
TAMPA - Authorities are looking for a driver in a road rage incident who allegedly fired a shot at the car next to his on I-75 near Fletcher Avenue, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The backstory
This all began when FHP says a 25-year-old Tampa woman saw the driver of an SUV acting erratically before he swerved into her lane and honked at her.
That's when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot at the woman's Hyundai Veloster, hitting the passenger side door.
Nobody was injured, but a one-year-old child and 23-year-old Tampa man were also in the car.
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The suspect was driving a 2000s model Honda CRV, FHP says.
What you can do
FHP is asking anyone with valuable information to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.
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