Orlando Driver Shot After I-4 Honk
POSTED: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
UPDATED: 10:18 am EDT September 12,
2006
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A motorist traveling on Interstate 4 in Orlando was injured after he was shot by a motorist he had honked at seconds earlier, according to a Local 6 News report.
Police said the driver, who only wanted to be identified as Chad, was apparently cut off by two men in a white pickup while traveling on I-4 near Princeton Street.
The police report said the men then threw a soda out of their pickup onto Chad's vehicle and then fired a shot into Chad's vehicle, hitting him in the arm.
The bullet traveled through the vehicle's door and into Chad's arm. He then crashed the vehicle into an I-4 guardrail.
The men in the white pickup fled the scene.
"I had been upset, but am just thankful I'm alive," Chad said.
"Did you provoke these people?" Local 6's Erik von Ancken asked.
"Well, it wasn't road rage but I was upset they cut me off but I didn't shoot at them or give them a reason to shoot at me," Chad said. "I would like them stopped because I don't want see anyone else go through something like this and not be so lucky because I do see myself as being lucky."
Police are investigating the incident and said they hope the bullet will lead them to the shooter.
Anyone with information concerning the white pickup is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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