Florida man arrested in a number of street rage shootings since December, authorities say

A Florida man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly shot at drivers in a sequence of street rage shootings in Central Florida over the previous few weeks, authorities stated. 

Emanuel Dandre Bullard, 19, was booked into Orange County Jail and is dealing with fees in 4 separate incidents within the Orlando space courting again to December, based on Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace affidavits. Authorities had stated they had been in search of the driving force of a black Mercedes, presumably a C250.

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“He’s a menace and must be stopped,” the sheriff’s workplace tweeted on Friday, together with a $1,000 reward supply for info resulting in his arrest. 

The primary incident occurred on Dec. 27 close to State Street 417 when the sufferer advised detectives a black Mercedes approached her automotive from behind. In response to the affidavit, the sufferer modified lanes to keep away from a collision earlier than the driving force, later recognized as Bullard, pointed a handgun outdoors the window and shot 4 instances at her car, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

“The sufferer acknowledged they had been afraid of being killed and swerved to the facet of the street to name regulation enforcement,” the report added.

In one other capturing on Jan. 21, deputies heard a sequence of gunshots and had been flagged down by a driver who acknowledged that somebody within the black Mercedes fired at their car, based on the affidavit. 

The sufferer stated the Mercedes was dashing and got here up behind their automotive. At that time, the sufferer stated they carried out a “brake verify” on the Mercedes which sped up subsequent to the automotive, they usually argued earlier than Bullard allegedly started firing, the paper reported. The sufferer’s car was struck a number of instances, based on the affidavit. 

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One other incident occurred 4 days later when a driver almost collided with Bullard’s Mercedes whereas touring on State Route 408, an expressway that runs east-west via Orlando. Bullard allegedly turned upset with the sufferer and began firing, placing the car six instances, an affidavit acknowledged. 

The final incident occurred on Jan. 28, when the driving force of a grey pickup truck minimize off Bullard’s Mercedes, and Bullard adopted the truck to a fuel station parking zone, resulting in a confrontation, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Bullard allegedly fired at two victims however as a substitute struck different automobiles within the parking zone, based on the affidavit. 

Deputies finally positioned the Mercedes at a house on Bonneville Drive following an nameless tip. As deputies executed a search warrant on the house, Bullard fled within the woods, FOX 35 Orlando reported. 

He finally surrendered and confessed to at the least one of many shootings incidents throughout an interview, based on Orlando’s WKMG-TV. 

Bullard is dealing with fees of aggravated assault with a firearm and capturing into an occupied car, authorities stated.