Teh One Who Knocks
02-04-2014, 12:17 PM
Brittany Shammas, Sun Sentinel
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Deputies say a man chased a Jeep and fired at it after the people inside poured beer on him while he was doing yardwork near the road outside his Palm Springs home.
Jose Estrada, 51, was arrested after deputies say he admitted to the shooting, which sent a bullet through the front windshield and out the passenger side window of the Jeep. He told deputies it was a "mistake," according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.
It was around noon Saturday when a 20-year-old man and a buddy drove down the 3000 block of Dolan Road and noticed Estrada using a leaf blower near the street. The driver slowed down and, as they went by the man, one of the passengers dumped a Budweiser on him.
It was a "very stupid prank," the two later told cops, but they didn't think it would escalate the way it did.
They were at the intersection of Dolan Road and Congress Avenue when an Expedition pulled up beside them, the report said. Estrada was inside. He asked why they threw beer at him, then pointed a gun at them.
The duo sped off, breaking traffic laws to get away from Estrada. They thought they'd lost him and headed back to the driver's house, but ran into him again on the way there. The driver told deputies he held his hands up as he passed, and then heard a loud popping noise.
He threw the bottle of Budweiser his friend was drinking at Estrada, then hurried home, according to the report.
In his interview with deputies, Estrada, who has a concealed weapons permit, said he shot at the Jeep because he thought it was coming right for him.
Estrada is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of firing a missile into a vehicle and one count of discharging a firearm from a vehicle. County records show he was released from jail Sunday afternoon.
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Deputies say a man chased a Jeep and fired at it after the people inside poured beer on him while he was doing yardwork near the road outside his Palm Springs home.
Jose Estrada, 51, was arrested after deputies say he admitted to the shooting, which sent a bullet through the front windshield and out the passenger side window of the Jeep. He told deputies it was a "mistake," according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.
It was around noon Saturday when a 20-year-old man and a buddy drove down the 3000 block of Dolan Road and noticed Estrada using a leaf blower near the street. The driver slowed down and, as they went by the man, one of the passengers dumped a Budweiser on him.
It was a "very stupid prank," the two later told cops, but they didn't think it would escalate the way it did.
They were at the intersection of Dolan Road and Congress Avenue when an Expedition pulled up beside them, the report said. Estrada was inside. He asked why they threw beer at him, then pointed a gun at them.
The duo sped off, breaking traffic laws to get away from Estrada. They thought they'd lost him and headed back to the driver's house, but ran into him again on the way there. The driver told deputies he held his hands up as he passed, and then heard a loud popping noise.
He threw the bottle of Budweiser his friend was drinking at Estrada, then hurried home, according to the report.
In his interview with deputies, Estrada, who has a concealed weapons permit, said he shot at the Jeep because he thought it was coming right for him.
Estrada is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of firing a missile into a vehicle and one count of discharging a firearm from a vehicle. County records show he was released from jail Sunday afternoon.