Road rage leads to shooting by off-duty Department of Homeland Security agent (VIDEO)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 09/29/2013 06:02 AM
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A federal agent has been arrested in Pompano Beach FL., for allegedly firing his weapon into an occupied vehicle after being cut off and subsequently flipped off.
"I don't really have a reaction, I just know that justice has been served," Juma said of the arrest. "You can't just take out your gun and start shooting at people."
Juma said he was driving with his brother, 18, and toddler son on Glades Road at about 1:30 p.m. Sept. 7, heading to the Town Center at Boca Raton mall to pick up his wife when he found himself in a dispute with another driver.
The driver, later determined to be Echevarria, unlawfully fired his service weapon at Juma's Toyota, according to police.
"If you're a federal agent you should act better than that; you shouldn't act like a Rambo," Juma said.
According to a Boca Raton police probable cause affidavit, Echevarria honked his horn at Juma's car after Juma cut him off near the Town Center mall.
In response, Juma shot up his middle finger. Officers wrote in the affidavit what happened next:
Echevarria, driving with his wife and five children, tried to follow Juma's red Toyota but crashed into the back of another car. Echevarria signaled to the other car to follow him into the mall parking lot. In the mall parking lot near the Nordstrom store, Echevarria saw Juma's car and parked his black Honda Pilot nose-to-nose with it.
The special agent, dressed in civilian clothes, got out of his car, pointed a .40-caliber Sig Sauer handgun at Juma's car, and announced he was a police officer.
Echevarria said Juma sped away, bumping Echevarria and Echevarria's wife as he drove off, according to the affidavit. The agent fired one round at the Toyota, police said, with the bullet lodging in the rear driver's side wheel well.
The special agent's wife was treated at a local hospital. Her injuries included an abrasion to a finger, a red mark on her knee, and a small mark on her ankle. Echevarria didn't show any obvious signs of injury, according to the affidavit.
Juma told police he drove away from the confrontation because he feared for his safety and the safety of everybody in his car, according to the affidavit.
"I don't really have a reaction, I just know that justice has been served," Juma said of the arrest. "You can't just take out your gun and start shooting at people."
Juma said he was driving with his brother, 18, and toddler son on Glades Road at about 1:30 p.m. Sept. 7, heading to the Town Center at Boca Raton mall to pick up his wife when he found himself in a dispute with another driver.
The driver, later determined to be Echevarria, unlawfully fired his service weapon at Juma's Toyota, according to police.
"If you're a federal agent you should act better than that; you shouldn't act like a Rambo," Juma said.
According to a Boca Raton police probable cause affidavit, Echevarria honked his horn at Juma's car after Juma cut him off near the Town Center mall.
In response, Juma shot up his middle finger. Officers wrote in the affidavit what happened next:
Echevarria, driving with his wife and five children, tried to follow Juma's red Toyota but crashed into the back of another car. Echevarria signaled to the other car to follow him into the mall parking lot. In the mall parking lot near the Nordstrom store, Echevarria saw Juma's car and parked his black Honda Pilot nose-to-nose with it.
The special agent, dressed in civilian clothes, got out of his car, pointed a .40-caliber Sig Sauer handgun at Juma's car, and announced he was a police officer.
Echevarria said Juma sped away, bumping Echevarria and Echevarria's wife as he drove off, according to the affidavit. The agent fired one round at the Toyota, police said, with the bullet lodging in the rear driver's side wheel well.
The special agent's wife was treated at a local hospital. Her injuries included an abrasion to a finger, a red mark on her knee, and a small mark on her ankle. Echevarria didn't show any obvious signs of injury, according to the affidavit.
Juma told police he drove away from the confrontation because he feared for his safety and the safety of everybody in his car, according to the affidavit.
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