{"id":71443,"date":"2025-12-04T19:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/71443\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:17:08","slug":"deputies-identify-person-shot-to-death-in-apparent-road-rage-case-near-longwood-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/71443\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies identify person shot to death in apparent road rage case near Longwood \u2013 WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Seminole County sheriff\u2019s detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Wednesday in a Longwood-area neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Thursday 1 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The person who died in Wednesday morning\u2019s shooting has been identified as Manuel Alejandro Rosado, 51, of Longwood, the Seminole County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Original story:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The shooter in a deadly road rage case will not face charges under Florida\u2019s Stand Your Ground law. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The State Attorney\u2019s office says a senior prosecutor went on scene and said it was apparent from what they found that it was a justifiable homicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Neighbor Leslie Woliner showed us damage outside her home, \u201cLook at the fence here, the wooden fence. Probably a panel and a half that went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">She says it happened during a road rage incident. \u201cI went out here when I heard all the noise and the police told me to get right back into the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Seminole Sheriff\u2019s deputies say the incident started near the entrance of Mandarin Estates in Longwood after midnight on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">According to detectives, one driver pointed a gun at another, that\u2019s when the shooter pointed his own weapon and fired multiple rounds killing the other driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Deputies say, one of the drivers died at the scene after crashing a car into an address marker and a couple of fences. Woliner says, \u201cHe accelerated. He was dead already. So he accelerated straight the fence and he was gone already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">According to investigators, both drivers had legitimate reasons for being in the subdivision early this morning. Woliner says. \u201cI didn\u2019t know him, but they said he lived in this area, I don\u2019t know where.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The person who fired the deadly shot called 911. Investigators released him under the Stand Your Ground law. Retired police chief and law enforcement expert Orlando Rolon explains, \u201cThey must have found something clear and convincing that shows someone who was involved in the shooting was justified in doing so based on the stand your ground rule.\u201d Deputies continue to look for surveillance of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. 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