
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @FHPTampa, composite
Cellphone video caught the moment a male and female pounded a car's windows with a gun, stomped the doors and windshield, and ordered the driver to "get out!" at a Tampa traffic light — and Florida Highway Patrol said all of that was preceded by the driver being shot at.
State troopers said just before the attack, the suspects were “involved in a minor crash” with the victim around 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Miami Herald reported.
“In the video, the pair can be seen attacking the victim’s 2019 Chevy sedan with a firearm after initially shooting at the victim,” officials said, according to the Herald. “The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for public assistance to identify [the] man and woman.”
The attack occurred at the intersection of U.S. 301 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the paper said.
The victim is a 31-year-old Brandon woman, the Herald said, adding that officials did not report that she suffered injuries during the attack. Brandon is about 20 minutes east of Tampa.
The video shows the female initially hitting the victim's window with a gun, and then the male pulling the gun out of the her hand and yelling at the driver, "You hit it!" and "get out of the car!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @FHPTampa
The witness who recorded the video told another bystander that the attacked driver hit the suspects' car just beforehand and drove away, WTVT-TV said.
The female then pounded the driver-side window with her hand over and over while the male kicked a rear door and used the gun to pound a rear window.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @FHPTampa
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @FHPTampa
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @FHPTampa
Soon the female climbed on the victim's hood and repeatedly stomped on the windshield.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @FHPTampa
Florida Highway Patrol told WTVT at least one gunshot was fired at the victim's vehicle before a witness began recording video.
Here's the clip:
FHP is asking for help to identify a man & woman seen just after 5:00 PM on April 11 attacking a Brandon woman at US-301 & MLK Blvd following a minor crash after initially shooting at the victim. Anyone w/ info is asked to call *FHP or **TIPS. pic.twitter.com/SWZzQu69CF
— FHP Tampa (@FHPTampa) April 12, 2023
Several of those near the incident hollered at the pair to stop attacking the car.
Florida Highway Patrol said anyone who can help identify the male and female in question can call *FHP or **TIPS.
Florida troopers search for pair accused of shooting at driver they said hit their car and drove offyoutu.be
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