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Man shoots another driver's car on I-75, FHP searching for suspect

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Published  April 5, 2025 6:17pm EDT
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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.

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol.

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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The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.

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