(Bradenton Police Department)
Three people are facing charges after a road rage incident about a turn signal ended in a shooting and crash, the Bradenton Police Department announced.
On Monday, around 3:20 p.m., RP, 33, was waiting in a Jeep Compass to turn left out of the parking lot at 101 Riverfront Boulevard when A W, 20, was driving a Buick sedan east on Riverfront Boulevard and turned left into the parking lot.
W parked his vehicle when Poole backed up his car to confront him about not using a turn signal. W and a teenage passenger then exited the Buick.
According to BPD, Poole told officers that W showed him a gun during a confrontation.
CCTV footage showed Poole begin to drive away several times but repeatedly stop and continue arguing with Williams, police said.
Poole then turned onto Riverfront Boulevard, reversed, and accelerated toward W, hitting a stop sign, a tree, and then hitting W in the leg.
According to police, in response to the crash, the teenager retrieved the gun and fired into Poole’s Jeep.
“The point we want to drive home is that none of this should have happened. For this to escalate into making that decision to drive into another person, this was deliberate.. he deliberately drove his car toward the other driver that had ticked him off And then in return to have a 16-year-old pull out a gun and fire shots at the vehicle who attempted to hit his friend, now we have a 16-year-old that is charged with a violent crime,” said MC with the Bradenton Police Dept.
The three are charged with:
- Poole is being charged with aggravated battery with a motor vehicle.
- Charges against Williams are pending.
- The teen is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm.
W was not seriously injured, BPD said.
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