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Florida father and son shoot at woman they thought was a burglar
The New York Post ^ | October 18, 2022 | David Propper

Posted on 10/19/2022 12:44:32 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A gun-toting father and son duo shot at an innocent woman they mistakenly believed wanted to break into their Florida home in what authorities characterized as a “really, really stupid” incident.

“This ranks among the craziest stuff that I have seen in a while and I’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said of the Saturday morning incident.

Gino Colonacosta, 73, and son Rocky, just 15, thought an intruder was lurking when it was just a good neighbor who dropped off a package of medicine at their door that was sent to the wrong home in their apartment complex, Judd said in a Monday press conference.

The Colonacostas saw the man on their Ring doorbell and found it suspicious, the top cop said.

The teenage son, armed with a gun, went outside to look around, but the man already went home. Then the pair walk outside in search of the non-existent burglar before spotting a car with tinted windows and the engine running about 100 yards from their home.

Inside the car, a woman was fiddling on her phone and minding her own business as Gino Colonacosta pointed a gun at her and demanded she get out of the car.

The woman thought she was being carjacked and frantically reversed her car, crashing into another vehicle in back of her, Judd said.

Rocky Colonacosta started firing at her because he believed the driver was attempting to back into him and then his old man also started shooting as she drove away, Judd said.

None of the seven shots fired hit the victim, though one struck a baby’s car seat in the back and lodged into the driver’s seat of the car, Judd said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: arrest; florida; floridaidiots; floridamen; gradyjudd; polkcounty; pressconference; shooting
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Florida Idiots, meet Grady Judd.
1 posted on 10/19/2022 12:44:32 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Could be that they were off their meds.


2 posted on 10/19/2022 12:48:08 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Rocky Colonacosta’s...old man”

In this case, it really IS true.


3 posted on 10/19/2022 12:51:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The “I” in Democrat stands for “Integrity.”)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Grady will make these idiots pay.


4 posted on 10/19/2022 12:52:27 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It would be nice to live in a place where there is mutual trust. Like in a civilized place. I think Antartica is still that way.


5 posted on 10/19/2022 12:52:40 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Kick every last democrat out of office! )
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florida man strikes again...he’s like everywhere....


6 posted on 10/19/2022 12:56:54 PM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

An old video (from 2 years ago?) during a hurricane recovery had Sheriff Judd talking about how people should shoot looters if they are inside their home.

Obviously these two idiots thought the idea of self-defense extended to being a police detective and the SWAT team as well.


7 posted on 10/19/2022 12:57:04 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Legendary Sheriff Grady Judd...


8 posted on 10/19/2022 12:58:17 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: I want the USA back

I’m moving to the Moon.


9 posted on 10/19/2022 12:58:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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Looks like some sort of retard wetback.
10 posted on 10/19/2022 12:59:02 PM PDT by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: packrat35

He seems to want them in jail for-EVAH!

The true liability for Florida Men is that they pull their dumb stunts in the Law and Order State of Florida.


11 posted on 10/19/2022 12:59:32 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

58 year age difference between father and son.


12 posted on 10/19/2022 1:02:20 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I love Grady.


13 posted on 10/19/2022 1:07:34 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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10: "Looks like some sort of retard wetback."

Looks like a Fetterman.

14 posted on 10/19/2022 1:09:19 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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I thought he was now ‘Fetterwoman’...


15 posted on 10/19/2022 1:10:59 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Living here in MA but a HUGE Grady Judd fan..


16 posted on 10/19/2022 1:13:39 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

73 and son 15. Dang, dude.


17 posted on 10/19/2022 1:14:10 PM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Yes, he DOES.


18 posted on 10/19/2022 1:14:29 PM PDT by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: VAFreedom

“Gino Colonacosta, 73, and son Rocky”

Those are more than likely Jersey names my friend.

Not to many Southern born boys named Gino. Lol!


19 posted on 10/19/2022 1:17:24 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“pointed a gun at her and demanded she get out of the car”

He’s gonna be in jail for a while.


20 posted on 10/19/2022 1:20:33 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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