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.
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Could be that they were off their meds.
“Rocky Colonacosta’s...old man”
In this case, it really IS true.
Grady will make these idiots pay.
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.
florida man strikes again...he’s like everywhere....
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.
Legendary Sheriff Grady Judd...
I’m moving to the Moon.
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.
58 year age difference between father and son.
I love Grady.
Looks like a Fetterman.
I thought he was now ‘Fetterwoman’...
Living here in MA but a HUGE Grady Judd fan..
73 and son 15. Dang, dude.
Yes, he DOES.
“Gino Colonacosta, 73, and son Rocky”
Those are more than likely Jersey names my friend.
Not to many Southern born boys named Gino. Lol!
“pointed a gun at her and demanded she get out of the car”
He’s gonna be in jail for a while.
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