{"id":232415,"date":"2026-04-15T08:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232415\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:37:12","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-firing-gun-during-road-rage-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232415\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of firing gun during road rage incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

OSTEEN, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man is accused of pulling out a gun and pointing it at a driver during a road rage incident on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to the Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the incident happened at about 8 a.m. on State Road 415. The victim told deputies that a man in a white Honda Civic cut him off and began to brake-check him and swerve in front of him.<\/p>\n

The victim told deputies that moments later, the Civic driver pulled out a black handgun and pointed it at him. The victim said he accelerated to create distance when he suddenly heard a loud pop and realized one of his rear tires was losing pressure.<\/p>\n

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Deputies say the man in the Civic turned off 415 and left the area as the victim pulled over down the road to report the shooting.<\/p>\n

Deputies say crime analysts at the Volusia County Crime Center tracked a white Honda Civic seen in the area of the shooting, and deputies responded to the registered address, where they interviewed the suspect, Taylor Taft, who admitted to the road rage incident but denied involvement in the shooting.<\/p>\n

Crime scene investigators also found a bullet hole in the victim\u2019s rear tire, along with visible bullet spalling fragments.<\/p>\n

After executing a search warrant, detectives recovered a Glock 48 handgun and a loaded 10-round magazine from Taft\u2019s bedroom.<\/p>\n

Taft, 29, was booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, and shooting into an occupied vehicle.<\/p>\n

Taft is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on no bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OSTEEN, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man is accused of pulling out a gun and pointing it at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-232415","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\/232415","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=232415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}