An armed father in Florida chased his son and his friend home and shot and killed a neighbor who allegedly tried to run the man over in a violent confrontation in the street.
Marcus Bricker, 47, followed the gunman's 16-year-old son and his teenage friend as they drove past their home in the Daytona Beach suburb of Port Orange on October 26. He was indicted on suspicion of According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
Police said Bricker immediately left the home and began chasing the children, “veering erratically'' toward the two cars the children were driving.
The son called his father and told him that Bricker was following him.
Police said Bricker chased the boy into his driveway and threatened two drivers before his armed father confronted him with a rifle around 7:40 p.m.
The father fired a warning shot into the air and demanded that Bricker leave the property.
“One thing I knew was that my son was eight feet behind me and that guy wasn't going to get to them,” the father, who asked to remain anonymous, told Fox35 Orlando.
The footage shows Bricker's truck briefly backing away from the property before speeding toward his father and another person standing nearby, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. It is said that there is.
“I had no idea who I was shooting at. I heard my son screaming, 'Dad, someone is trying to kill me,'” the gunman said.
The father fired several shots at Bricker as the truck drove by, but eventually stopped in the front yard.
Bricker was pronounced dead in the front yard.
A Rottweiler in Bricker's pickup was injured in the incident, but officials said the dog is expected to recover.
Police have not said how Bricker forced the teens to follow him as they drove past his home.
No criminal charges were filed against the father in the days following the shooting.
According to the Jacksonville-based law firm, Florida is a stand-your-ground state, a type of affirmative defense in which self-defense is used to avoid the legal consequences of an unlawful act of violence. means to be Hussein & Weber.
The office recommends that a Floridian take action “to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or another,” or to resist an attempt to kill him or commit a felony. It argues that the use of deadly force is justified when or on or in the residence in which the person lives. ”
“He never went there with the intention of letting what happened or being a part of it,” one anonymous family member told Orlando FOX35.
The gunman told local news outlets that he couldn't sleep over what happened and wished he could have had a conversation against the violence.
“I feel so sorry for his family, my family, everyone's family. No one wanted this to happen,” the gunman said.
The investigation is ongoing, but the Volusia County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that statements from the shooter and witnesses match what was recorded on video and audio recordings.
