Teen, his dad shoot at woman they mistakenly thought tried to break in, Florida cops say

[In It to Win It]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/teen-dad-shoot-woman-mistakenly-232836942.html

A 15-year-old and his father shot at a woman they mistakenly thought had tried to break into their home, according to a Florida sheriff.

The neighbor found that the medication had been mistakenly delivered to his door at around 7 a.m. on Oct. 15, Judd said.

He brought the medicine to the father and son’s apartment, where it was supposed to have been delivered, and left it hanging on the door.

The father and son saw Ring doorbell camera footage on their cellphones of a person at their door and thought that someone was trying to break in, Judd said.

They both picked up their .45-caliber firearms and went outside to look for the person they thought was trying to get in, he said.

“They’re searching for their quote-on-quote burglar,” Judd said . “There is no burglar.”

About 100 yards away from their residence, they saw a woman sitting in her car looking at her phone, “minding her own business,” Judd said.

The father drew his weapon, pointed it at her and screamed at her to get out of the car. She put her car in reverse and tried to speed away, but the son started shooting into her vehicle, Judd said. His father began shooting, too, according to the sheriff.

“The two of them shot at an innocent lady sitting in her car, where she had the right to be, looking at her cellphone,” he said. “They shot at her seven times.”

[Jerry2144]

1. Alexa, tell me a news article about

Two people who have no business owning firearms

[TheBlackAdder]

20. They shot at her 7 times with a .45? Where'd those bullets go?

[Warpy]

35. One of them went through her kid's car seat

If that seat had been occupied, they'd have killed her child. As it was, the seat slowed the bullet enough that it went into her seat but not through it. This was a really close escape for her.

I just hope these two assholes aren't allowed to plea bargain down to "reckless discharge of a firearm" or something equally stupid. They went hunting for someone to shoot and they meant to kill her.

Somebody please lock them up so they can't do it again.

[Nevilledog]

2. That's fucked up.

[TheBlackAdder]

21. Both are now charged with attempted murder. She barely escaped being hit.

.

The woman wasn’t injured, Judd said, but one of the bullets flew through an empty car seat in the rear of the vehicle and got lodged in the driver’s seat.

“Our victim was that close to death,” Judd said, , “and, certainly, had there been a baby in the car seat, the baby would’ve been killed.”

.

[patricia92243]

3. Looks like the father did a good job of teaching the son :(

[SheltieLover]

4. That's usually the case sadly.

[LakeArenal]

6. It's called "grooming".

[Aristus]

5. "Quote-on-quote"?

God-DAMN, Florida is just wall-to-wall with stupid people!


I wish they'd secede so I don't have to be in the same country with those fuckwits anymore.

Dipshit really never heard "quote-unquote" or "quote-end-quote"?

Oh yeah. And the jaw-droppingly idiotic gunfucks who shot a good samaritan. Fuck them, too. Fuck all the way off.

The human race is doomed.

[SoCalDavidS]

9. Great Idea. Now Add TX Please. nt

[GreenWave]

17. Eggs xactly. Put someting in those quotes!

[peppertree]

27. And NOOO use of the U.S. dollar for them

Let'em pay for their vittles and hooch in Confederate dollars - in wheelbarrows.

That's what happened to the Confederate dollar the last time they tried it.

[csziggy]

41. The woman they shot at had nothing to do with returning their package

According to the article the neighbor that brought their package to their apartment was a "he."

The neighbor found that the medication had been mistakenly delivered to his door at around 7 a.m. on Oct. 15, Judd said.

He brought the medicine to the father and son’s apartment, where it was supposed to have been delivered, and left it hanging on the door.

The poor woman they nearly killed was a long way from their apartment and minding her own business. She was not the good Samaritan.

[Kaleva]

7. My guess is that neither have had any self defense training at all.

They probably have gone to the range for target practice and that's it.

[maxsolomon]

8. Comedy of errors

with bullets.

"Quote-on-quote" "Lady in Car" should sue these dipshits, except they won't have any money. Their Gun Rights would do nicely, however.

[MLAA]

10. She can dangle their gun rights from her rear view mirror once she recovers.

She deserves that and so much more financially.

[albacore]

32. ...and their balls! Nt

[MLAA]

33. Oh yeah, beats the hell out of fuzzy dice

[Baitball Blogger]

11. And thus, the reason our communities are degrading.

[Demovictory9]

12. Wow

[raccoon]

13. There are los of people out there like these--they have a gun and they're itching to use it--

To try to kill somebody.

[grantcart]

14. Looks like the medication arrived a day late.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. It's like they think they're cops.

[Vinca]

16. I'm so old I remember when people used to want to go to Florida in retirement.

The state scares the hell out of me now. Every asshole has a gun and every asshole has half a brain.

[lindysalsagal]

31. I'd sooner be in Alaska.

[EX500rider]

39. Alaska has a higher homicide rate then Fla

It's ranked 23erd while Fla is 27th.

Top 10:
#1 is District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
South Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_intentional_homicide_rate

[GreenWave]

18. Florida Man and Son with guns. What could possibly go wrong?

[DavidDvorkin]

19. If only she had been carrying

Clearly, we need more guns.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Another "victory"

for the gun lobby.

And right now some one is posting on some wingnut website that the father and son need more practice time at the range.

[durablend]

37. No doubt MTG is whining about their being "persecuted"

[Orrex]

23. In my job I've encountered numerous men with detailed fantasies about shooting imagined intruders

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They have very clearly defined ideas about the circumstances under which they'd be justified in killing someone, one of them even lamenting that the law prevents him from installing an automated motion-tracking gun turret on his barn roof to kill trespassers.

DU's NRA-friendly contingent has assured me for years that most gun owners aren't fuckheaded zealots, and I suppose that might be true, but I've met quite a few gun owners who absolutely shouldn't be allowed anywhere near firearms.

These two Florida assholes sound like the latter.

[Kaleva]

47. There were quite a few here defending Alec Baldwin

Common sense and some simple, easy to understand training would have prevented a loss of life in Baldwin's case.

If one is going to get a gun for self/ home defense, then far more advanced training and practice needs to be done. I suspect the two men in this incident , because of their actions, didn't have any .

[IronLionZion]

24. The answer to every problem is more guns

some people have to pay the price of freedom.

[Hekate]

25. I think the lesson in Florida is to write on the package: Wrong Address ...

If delivered by the USPS, shove it back in your mailbox. If delivered by someone else, call the company and leave it on your porch. Forget old-fashioned neighborliness.

This isn’t the first instance of Florida Man trying to murder a Good Neighbor.

[SoBlueInFL]

36. There was a time that I would deliver mail mistakenly delivered to me but I wouldn't dare r/o

do it now. I return it to the box and forget about it. If the person's bill is late, it's not my fault.

[SYFROYH]

26. No names attributed to the perpetrators?

Their faces should be plastered on the news.

[AndyS]

28. Two examples of the legendary "good guys with guns" . . .

[peppertree]

29. Now's THAT's Yahoo News

[lindysalsagal]

30. Sorry, Florida. This one's yours.

[ZonkerHarris]

34. crosses florida off the retirement locations list...

[Kaleva]

46. Climate change should have crossed the state off everyone's list 20 years ago.

[maxrandb]

38. This article is worthless without the races of the shooters and victim

but, I can guess.

It does indicate that the "dad" is 73...the son is 15. That means that some woman of childbearing age slept with a 58 year old.

But, it is Florida, so a good chance there aren't a whole lot of branches on that tree.

The fact that the media isn't revealing the races of those involved speaks volumes.

[sarisataka]

40. Their names are

Gino and Rocky Colonacosta



So what does that tell us?
Was your guess about the shooters correct?

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/10/17/winter-haven-father-and-son-arrested-after-shooting-at-womans-car-deputies-say/

[Jimbo S]

43. Adopted? Stepson?

[onenote]

44. And now that you've seen the photos, are you "standing your ground" with respect to your post?

[Kaleva]

45. Appears they are Latino. Was that your guess and if so, why?

[sarisataka]

49. The crickets are excruciatingly loud

If fact pretty much all interest in this story faded once names and pictures were released...

[Kaleva]

50. Yep

[tishaLA]

42. Another victory for "stand your ground."

Stupid laws embolden stupid people to do stupid things thinking they're being smart.

[struggle4progress]

48. ... a neighbor of 73-year-old Gino Colonacosta noticed they received a package of prescription

medication in the mail meant for the Colonacosta family. The neighbor went to the Colonacosta residence and left the package on the front door handle, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said ...

The home was equipped with a Ring doorbell camera, and after Colonacosta and his son got a notification on their phone of the camera movement, the two grabbed their firearms and pursued what they suspected to be a burglar ...

Colonacosta and his son exited their home and walked around the apartment building complex looking for a suspect, and later found a woman "minding her own business" on her phone inside a parked vehicle ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/18/florida-man-son-shoot-woman-thought-burglar-package/10532808002/