\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA flagman working in a construction zone in Volusia County had a gun pointed at him after he told a man in a vehicle to stop, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said. It happened on Tuesday near the on-ramp being built at Pioneer Trail and Interstate 95. VSO said the flagman was holding his stop paddle, halting traffic for construction equipment on Pioneer Trail, when an unknown man drove up. The flagman told the suspect to stop, and the driver complied. The vehicle then started to inch forward, so the flagman yelled, “Hold up!” The flagman said that’s when the driver of the vehicle, described as a white male with a white goatee and transitional glasses, pointed a handgun at him and said, “Do you want to die today?” VSO said the flagman was in fear, so he let the man with the gun pass. The vehicle was possibly an SUV in the Jeep family, VSO said. The incident is under investigation >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released. CrimelineCrimeline\u2019s mission is to increase the safety of the Central Florida community by assisting law enforcement agencies in removing undesirable individuals from the community, according to its mission statement>> Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)>> Leave a tip onlineTips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects and\/or the recovery of stolen property and drugs may be eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000. All tips eligible for a reward are paid to tipsters using an anonymous processCentral Florida Crimeline began in July of 1977, originally named Crimewatch, modeled after the first Crime Stoppers program founded in Albuquerque New Mexico. Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)DOWNLOAD \u202fthe free WESH 2 News app \u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tVOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A flagman working in a construction zone in Volusia County had a gun pointed at him after he told a man in a vehicle to stop, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said. <\/p>\n
It happened on Tuesday near the on-ramp being built at Pioneer Trail and Interstate 95. <\/p>\n
VSO said the flagman was holding his stop paddle, halting traffic for construction equipment on Pioneer Trail, when an unknown man drove up. <\/p>\n
The flagman told the suspect to stop, and the driver complied. <\/p>\n
The vehicle then started to inch forward, so the flagman yelled, “Hold up!” <\/p>\n
The flagman said that’s when the driver of the vehicle, described as a white male with a white goatee and transitional glasses, pointed a handgun at him and said, “Do you want to die today?” <\/p>\n
VSO said the flagman was in fear, so he let the man with the gun pass. <\/p>\n
The vehicle was possibly an SUV in the Jeep family, VSO said. <\/p>\n
The incident is under investigation <\/p>\n
>> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released. <\/p>\n
Crimeline<\/p>\n
Crimeline\u2019s mission is to increase the safety of the Central Florida community by assisting law enforcement agencies in removing undesirable individuals from the community, according to its mission statement<\/a><\/p>\n >> Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)<\/p>\n >> Leave a tip online<\/a><\/p>\n Tips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects and\/or the recovery of stolen property and drugs may be eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000. All tips eligible for a reward are paid to tipsters using an anonymous process<\/p>\n Central Florida Crimeline began in July of 1977, originally named Crimewatch, modeled after the first Crime Stoppers program founded in Albuquerque New Mexico. <\/p>\n Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD \u202fthe free WESH 2 News app<\/a> \u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A flagman working in a construction zone in Volusia County had a gun pointed at him after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29070,20460,1127,104,28,76831,30,29,2230,213,2391,17649,76832,285,729,732,47705,76252],"class_list":{"0":"post-160429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-call-crimeline","9":"tag-cash-reward","10":"tag-construction","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-flagman","14":"tag-florida-headlines","15":"tag-florida-news","16":"tag-gun","17":"tag-late-news","18":"tag-man","19":"tag-mission","20":"tag-pioneer-trail","21":"tag-suspect","22":"tag-traffic","23":"tag-vehicle","24":"tag-volusia-sheriff","25":"tag-vso"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}