{"id":206284,"date":"2026-03-26T02:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206284\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T02:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:07:08","slug":"florida-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-firing-at-deputies-vehicles-hcso-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206284\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man charged with attempted murder after firing at deputies\u2019 vehicles, HCSO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A Florida man is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge after firing several rounds at deputies\u2019 vehicles, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the attempted murder charge, Antonio Jelks is also facing charges of armed trespass of a structure or conveyance and shooting into a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamhcso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, on Tuesday, March 24, just before 8:15 p.m., deputies responded to a domestic incident on Manor Cove Circle. While investigating, deputies learned the suspect, Jelks, 41, had gotten into a verbal altercation before firing a gun inside his home and then fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/martin-county-florida-deputies-rescue-injured-bald-eagle-from-gator-filled-canal-in-palm-city-majestic-crash-land-rehabilitation-crash-landed-national-bird-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deputies rescue injured bald eagle from alligator-filled canal in Palm City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HCSO says that when Jelks saw deputies arriving, he began firing, striking a patrol vehicle multiple times and prompting one deputy to return fire, hitting the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office says an injured Jelks fled back into the neighborhood, where a K9 unit tracked him down. He was later taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>HCSO says Jelks remains in stable condition while receiving treatment at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy who fired his weapon has been placed on paid administrative leave, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge after firing several rounds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-206284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206284","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=206284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}