{"id":273030,"date":"2026-05-16T02:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273030\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:11:07","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-shooting-at-truck-12-times-over-70-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273030\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of shooting at truck 12 times over $70 dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A dispute over $70 led to a Florida man allegedly shooting at a pickup truck 12 times Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Joseph Lamar Thomas allegedly fired about a dozen shots at a pickup truck around 6:15 p.m. after getting into an argument with the driver on Linda Lane in Daytona Beach.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-tradition-port-st-lucie-community-association-no-guns-common-areas-firearms-open-carry-concealed-carry-permit-2a-second-amendment-gun-rights-public-safety-debate-st-lucie-county-guns-board-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tradition community association letter bans guns in common areas, upsetting some residents <\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the shooting, deputies said Thomas sped off but was later found at a nearby bar. While speaking with detectives, Thomas, 33, admitted to shooting at the pickup truck, claiming the driver owed him $70.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said the victim also drove away and has not been identified. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas faces charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, aggravated assault with a firearm and shooting into a conveyance.<\/p>\n<p>He is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A dispute over $70 led to a Florida man allegedly shooting at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-273030","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\/273030","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=273030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}