[rarestia]

Normally this would fall under "everyday criminal behavior," but I've spoken with a member of Tampa PD who used this event as an example to illustrate that even though Florida is a "Stand Your Ground" state, the thugs will still behave like thugs. They are not as intelligent as we give them credit.

This will come out as being a black-on-white crime, the media will stop covering it, but it should send a chill down everyone's spine that evil people will continue in their evil regardless of the force of good.

[Popman]

I live in Tampa heard about this but really didn’t follow it..Thanks for posting

[Old Sarge]

Harbinger of things to come.

The eyes of the nation are on Sanford.

[relictele]

I take your point but for the record I never gave them credit for intelligence.

Death is a serious business but an eight hour closure of one of the busiest Interstates in the nation is ludicrous. I call it the CSI effect where common sense yields to all the police busybodies fancying themselves Dr Gil Grissom with unique insight that will solve the crime.

Even more ludicrous is a multiple-hour closure for garden variety accidents.

For me, it’s another illustration that ‘public servants’ are oblivious to the private sector commerce that ultimately pays their salaries.

[moovova]

I’m curious as to what happened before the Taurus pulled up beside the Mustang and flashed the weapon. Had there been any driver interaction before that? Some sort of aggressive driving by one or both of the drivers?

[AppyPappy]

“He didn’t know the man or why he started following him.”

Duh....slavery.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

To all you folks familiar with the area thanks for your information.

[omni-scientist]

Maybe there wasn’t time, but I wonder why the dispatcher didn’t help direct the man to a location where a police cruiser might be in a good position to intercept.

[House Atreides]

“...The pursuer drove a gray Ford Taurus with tinted windows, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said....”
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Hopefully the cops aren’t ruling out the possibility that the shooting was done by an off-duty, but armed, law enforcement officer who somehow felt that the victim “dissed” him as happened in Maryland recently. Any officers driving a gray Ford Taurus with tinted windows down there?

[NautiNurse]

TBO.com reports the perp began following Turner after he left a store.

More local coverage:

Tampa Bay Times
WTSP (CBS affiliate)
WFLA (NBC affiliate)
WFTS ABC Action News
WTVT My FOX Tampa Bay
Orlando Sentinel

[Oatka]

I've started carrying a different type of Taurus in my car - The Judge - mainly for the one-in-a-million-parking-lot carjack situation, but THIS video points out, quite visually at 1:41 why this guy could have used one, albeit from the driver's side.

It nestles quite comfortably on my rights side, near the center console. I believe this ammo:

ideal for either situation as it is less of a long range threat to bystanders.

[i_robot73]

I’d think it would times like this I’d say to hell with the auto insurance and floor it/slam the brakes.

If there is a CHANCE I would be in fear for my life, I’d at least make it that much easier to find the other car, if I could not disable it in the process.

Plus, the ramming would throw off the shooters aim :)

[NautiNurse]

This will come out as being a black-on-white crime

Setting the record straight: Your prediction was flatly incorrect, and it isn't clear what you hoped to accomplish by your unsubstantiated assertion.