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FL:Hit and Run, Then Gunfight
Gun Watch ^ | 22 July, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 07/22/2014 5:53:49 PM PDT by marktwain

Location of Till Dawn Bottle Club at 8205 Dale Mabry Highway

In this unusual case in Tampa, Florida, little is reported about possible motivations; but we can make informed speculations.  The facts are this.   A patron of the Till Dawn Bottle Club was thrown out of the club at about 3:30 a.m.

He drove off in a Dodge Challenger, and subsequently rear ended a GMC Yukon that was being driven by a visitor from Pennsylvannia, Alexander Sierra, 27.  Alexander was accompanied by his brother and girl friend.

They followed the Challenger until its driver lost control and hit a wall.  I will presume that the Challenger's driver was under the influence of alcohol and or other drugs. 

Alexander and his brother exited the Yukon.   The Challenger driver exited the Challenger.

Now, a Chevy Camaro pulls up, and the Driver exits the Camaro.  From tampabay.com:

Sierra and the driver of the Camaro exchanged gunfire before the Camaro driver fled the scene. He was later located by Tampa police officers on Interstate 4 at exit 1. He was detained and turned over to sheriff's deputies.  Alexander Sierra, from PA, ended up in the hospital with a gunshot wound.
My suspicion is that the visitor from PA was legally able to posses firearms, and the driver of the Camaro was not, though those suspicions are merely inferences from the story. 

The driver of the Challenger once again fled the scene and has not been located.

There may be follow up stories, there may not.    I wonder if the driver of the Challenger and the Driver of the Camaro have some sort of connection. 

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Unusual story. Criminal associates?
1 posted on 07/22/2014 5:53:49 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

My guess is the camaro driver was a friend of the drunk. Not a great part of town to be in at 3:30am.


2 posted on 07/22/2014 6:06:56 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: marktwain

The camaro driver may have been a friend of the challenger driver and the camaro driver left the club after the challenger driver to make sure he got home ok. By the time he caught up the accident had happened.


3 posted on 07/22/2014 6:15:26 PM PDT by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: marktwain

Fingerprints on the Challenger and of the Camaro gunman will resolve this quickly.

Check the System, Rico! (CSI Miami)


4 posted on 07/22/2014 6:42:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: driftdiver

When I was a kid in high school, that area was nothing. IIRC, Dale Mabry went from four lanes (not the eight lanes it is today)to two lanes at Waters Ave. Then it was all country.


5 posted on 07/22/2014 7:07:51 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: driftdiver

“Not a great part of town to be in at 3:30am.”

The only place to be at 3:30 am is in your own bed. And even then...;)


6 posted on 07/22/2014 8:47:53 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: driftdiver

Maybe the Camaro driver was his Secret Service agent or DSS agent.


7 posted on 07/22/2014 9:10:18 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
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To: driftdiver; All

Mom always said nothing good happens after midnight. :-)


8 posted on 07/23/2014 12:07:58 AM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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