TAMPA, Fla — One man has been hospitalized following an alleged shooting on a Tampa roadway, he told law enforcement. Troopers are now searching for the accused driver responsible.
At around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to Tampa General Hospital where a 43-year-old man from St. Petersburg had been struck by a bullet following an argument on the roadway, authorities report.
The man told troopers about 45 minutes before he wound up at the hospital, he was in a Ford single-unit box truck headed westbound on I-4 near I-275 in Tampa when he got into an argument during heavy traffic.
The 43-year-old man told troopers he and another driver in a car adjacent to him "began to exchange words" in an argumentative manner before the other driver allegedly pointed a gun at him and fired one shot, FHP reports. The bullet grazed the man's forehead, causing non-life-threatening injuries.
The co-worker in the car with the 43-year-old man drove them to Tampa General Hospital. They told troopers the other car in the incident headed north onto I-275. Troopers were able to check out the Ford box truck and found several bullet fragments.
At this time the suspected gunman looks between 28 to 35 years old, with a medium build, bald, thin mustache, and was wearing aviator sunglasses. He was driving a two-door grey Mercedes-Benz with factory wheels and windows that were not tinted.
If you have any information on the possible gunman, you're asked to call FHP at 813-558-1800 or dial *FHP. You can also submit a tip to Crime Stoppers online.