A video of a driver named Eric Popper angrily shooting through his own windshield at a passing car whose driver threw a bottle at him on the Florida interstate has hit the web. According to the Daily Mail, this shooting incident happened in June 2021.
Popper is an idiot and is lucky he didn’t kill himself.
Shocking dash camera footage shows the moment a man pulls out his gun and shoots at another driver during a road rage incident on a highway in Miami. The incident starts when 30-year-old Eric Popper decides to cut off a fellow driver on I-95 in Miami-Dade County, while singing to music playing in his car.
In the video, Popper then looks into his rearview mirror to check on the car, now tailgating him, before he reacts, saying ‘Oh, f*** off’ after he was honked at.
He continues to monitor the car behind him, before reaching into his Toyota Venza’s center armrest and taking out his gun. He can then be seen waiting for the other driver, who was allegedly gesturing at him several times, to go past him before firing at his vehicle 11 times.
The other driver was reportedly driving a black Toyota Camry at the time of the incident, which took place on June 21, at around 7am. Both drivers were traveling southbound.
Popper, a civilian fire inspector working for the Miami Beach Fire Department, turned himself in to the Florida Highway Patrol after quitting his job on July 21. He was bonded out of jail and faces felony charges including aggressive assault with a firearm that could sentence him up to 15 years in prison, if found guilty. His hearing is set for April.The man’s lawyer, Robert Gershman, told local outlets that his client acted wildly after he thought he was being shot at.
‘You hear a bang on Mr. Popper’s car, akin to a gunshot, which precipitated the whole incident, so in this matter, the audio and video evidence we believe exonerates him,’ Gershman told NBC Miami.
The bang is actually a water bottle. Now one could argue in court he thought it was a gunshot, and that is why he went all Grand Theft Auto on the guy, but we will see if that holds up in court.
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