Cellphone video captured a driver firing a flare gun at a man armed with a baseball bat during a road rage incident in Hillsborough County.
LC, 47, was charged with burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, aggravated assault involving a victim over 65, and criminal mischief over $1,000.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, on March 6, the two drivers stopped at a red light at the intersection of South U.S. Highway 41 and West College Avenue.
At the intersection, deputies said C got out of his car while holding the bat and approached the other driver.
Video recorded by a witness shows C reaching into the elderly driver’s car and the driver firing a flare gun at him.
After the flare hit C, he was seen bashing the victim’s vehicle with the bat.
Detectives said C was the aggressor in the situation and was arrested.
What led up to the incident is not known.
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