Central Florida garbage truck driver arrested after road-rage shooting
A Volusia County garbage truck driver was arrested after investigators determined he was the aggressor in a road-rage shooting that sent him to the hospital, according to the DeLand Police Department.
According to a press release, DeLand Police responded to a shooting near Greenborough Loop on Aug. 13 in a newly developed residential subdivision that was still under construction.
Officers found a male garbage truck driver suffering from a gunshot wound to his left thigh.
According to the investigation, the shooting began as a road-rage dispute between the garbage truck driver, who was performing his normal route, and occupants of a white box truck that was blocking the roadway, the release stated.
The confrontation escalated into an exchange of gunfire. The garbage truck driver, Johnathan Javon Figueroa, 35, of Deltona was treated by Volusia County EMS and later airlifted to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Three people associated with the box truck were initially detained and taken to DeLand Police headquarters for questioning but were later released and not charged, the release stated.
