Posted on 05/02/2011 6:46:29 PM PDT by marktwain
LARGO — A cab driver shot and injured a man who pulled a gun on him after an argument early Sunday, according to police.
An unidentified Yellow Cab driver picked up 19-year-old Travonte Myles just before 3 a.m., according to police.
Shortly after, Myles and the driver got into an argument and the driver pulled the cab over at Roosevelt Boulevard and Bay Vista Drive, according to Largo police Sgt. Richelle Wasylyna.
The driver asked Myles to get out and Myles pulled out a weapon, Wasylyna said.
The cab driver got out of the vehicle and Myles followed him with the gun.
About 3 a.m., the cab driver and Myles then exchange fire. Myles was struck at least three times.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he is expected to live. Police said he was shot in the lower extremities. Myles fired at the driver once or twice, but the cab driver was not injured, police said.
Wasylyna said the cab driver is licensed to carry a concealed weapon and fired in self defense.
A Yellow Cab representative said they could not disclose any information about the incident yet.
Isn’t it good then that the cab driver’s shots hit and Myles’ shots missed!
Yes... it’s call lack of familiarity with the weapon coupled with an overload of adrenalin.
Happily in this case, Cabbie didn’t miss. “Lower extremities” — OUCH!
Travonte is a name commonly given to male Amish children?
Just a typical case of a cab driver trying to rob a fare.
For a second there I thouht he was shot by an Astra 400 in 9mm Largo.
Thank you Gov. Bush (05)
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