Suspect jumped on woman’s car before good Samaritan attack on Central Florida expressway

WESH 2 Investigates has learned the suspect from the March 30th ambush attack on the man who stopped to help him on State Road 429 in Winter Garden jumped on another driver’s car earlier that day.”As you have found out, I was not the first victim,” Hans Hamilton said. According to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office incident report, about 30 minutes before 44-year-old Daniel Coman hopped on Hamilton’s Tesla and then beat him on the ground, a deputy responded to a “mental person in crisis’ near Avalon Road and Hartzog Road.The report obtained by WESH 2 Investigates said the victim saw a man, later identified as Coman, arguing with someone in the roadway. “(The victim) honked at the male and that’s when he jumped on top of her gray 2021 Toyota Corolla’s hood and began banging on her front windshield,” the deputy wrote in report. “(The victim) closed her windows as she was in fear of her life while the suspect continued banging on her hood and windshield, causing damage.”Coman has not been charged with any crimes in connection to that incident, but the report said the victim “wishes to press charges and testify in court.”Hamilton told WESH 2 Investigates he continues to recover from the injuries he sustained in the attack ten days ago. “I feel remarkably better today than I did when it happened,” Hamilton said. “Mentally, you know, you have your ups and downs.”Florida Highway Patrol told WESH 2 Investigates troopers are still investigating a crash involving Coman and another vehicle on the 429. It happened further south on the expressway minutes before the first deputy responded to the attack. An FHP spokesperson said Coman’s car struck the left side of a Ford F-550. Nobody in that truck was transported to the hospital. WESH 2 Investigates has also learned from court records that Coman was kicked out of the house where he was living in southern Orange County since 2023.”Although you have been temporarily staying elsewhere since approximately March 23, 2026, please be advised that you no longer have permission to reside in this home,” said a letter from the homeowner that was included in the complaint. “What! Oh my. OK, I guess, you are the boss of your domain,” Coman allegedly replied in a message.Deputies arrested Coman for battery, criminal mischief, resisting with violence as well as assault and battery on law enforcement. While Coman still hadn’t posted the combined $5,000 bond set by a judge as of Thursday afternoon, Hamilton said he spoke with a prosecutor on Wednesday. “He agrees that something should be upgraded to what he doesn’t know, because, from his words, he says they can only charge people what they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” Hamilton said.The medical records from his injuries, including four broken ribs and a brain bleed, as well as the video evidence from his Tesla’s cameras, support a more serious charge, Hamilton said.”And in my opinion, this was premeditated,” Hamilton said. “This is not even battery. To me, this is attempted murder.” Hamilton said he’s thankful for kindness of strangers who have donated nearly $39,000 on his GoFundMe page. He also said he’s hoping to connect on social media with people who are sharing inspirational messages about his story.”Do not allow one evil, one evil person, to take away what we are designed to do, and that is to help one another,” Hamilton said.Court records show a public defender waived Coman’s arraignment and entered a written plea of not guilty for the charges he is already facing.

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WESH 2 Investigates has learned the suspect from the March 30th ambush attack on the man who stopped to help him on State Road 429 in Winter Garden jumped on another driver’s car earlier that day.

“As you have found out, I was not the first victim,” Hans Hamilton said.

According to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office incident report, about 30 minutes before 44-year-old Daniel Coman hopped on Hamilton’s Tesla and then beat him on the ground, a deputy responded to a “mental person in crisis’ near Avalon Road and Hartzog Road.

The report obtained by WESH 2 Investigates said the victim saw a man, later identified as Coman, arguing with someone in the roadway.

“(The victim) honked at the male and that’s when he jumped on top of her gray 2021 Toyota Corolla’s hood and began banging on her front windshield,” the deputy wrote in report. “(The victim) closed her windows as she was in fear of her life while the suspect continued banging on her hood and windshield, causing damage.”

Coman has not been charged with any crimes in connection to that incident, but the report said the victim “wishes to press charges and testify in court.”

Hamilton told WESH 2 Investigates he continues to recover from the injuries he sustained in the attack ten days ago.

“I feel remarkably better today than I did when it happened,” Hamilton said. “Mentally, you know, you have your ups and downs.”

Florida Highway Patrol told WESH 2 Investigates troopers are still investigating a crash involving Coman and another vehicle on the 429.

It happened further south on the expressway minutes before the first deputy responded to the attack.

An FHP spokesperson said Coman’s car struck the left side of a Ford F-550. Nobody in that truck was transported to the hospital.

WESH 2 Investigates has also learned from court records that Coman was kicked out of the house where he was living in southern Orange County since 2023.

“Although you have been temporarily staying elsewhere since approximately March 23, 2026, please be advised that you no longer have permission to reside in this home,” said a letter from the homeowner that was included in the complaint.

“What! Oh my. OK, I guess, you are the boss of your domain,” Coman allegedly replied in a message.

Deputies arrested Coman for battery, criminal mischief, resisting with violence as well as assault and battery on law enforcement.

While Coman still hadn’t posted the combined $5,000 bond set by a judge as of Thursday afternoon, Hamilton said he spoke with a prosecutor on Wednesday.

“He agrees that something should be upgraded to what he doesn’t know, because, from his words, he says they can only charge people what they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” Hamilton said.

The medical records from his injuries, including four broken ribs and a brain bleed, as well as the video evidence from his Tesla’s cameras, support a more serious charge, Hamilton said.

“And in my opinion, this was premeditated,” Hamilton said. “This is not even battery. To me, this is attempted murder.”

Hamilton said he’s thankful for kindness of strangers who have donated nearly $39,000 on his GoFundMe page.

He also said he’s hoping to connect on social media with people who are sharing inspirational messages about his story.

“Do not allow one evil, one evil person, to take away what we are designed to do, and that is to help one another,” Hamilton said.

Court records show a public defender waived Coman’s arraignment and entered a written plea of not guilty for the charges he is already facing.