Police Looking For Man Who Shot At Car Carrying Infant On I-75

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — Florida state police are searching for a man they say fired a gun at a car driving on Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 25-year-old Tampa woman was driving a Hyundai Veloster northbound on I-75 near Fletcher Avenue around 10:45 p.m. Friday when she saw another driver erratically operating a 2000s model Honda CR-V.

When the Honda began to move into the woman’s lane, she honked her horn to alert the other driver, who responded by firing a shot into the right rear door of the Hyundai, police said.

The woman left the area and called police. Officers returned to the scene of the shooting and recovered a bullet, police said.

The woman, a 23-year-old Tampa man and a 1-year-old child traveling in the Hyundai were not injured during the incident.

Police described the suspect as a 25- to 35-year-old, heavy-set Black man with a short beard.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Florida Highway Patrol at *347 or contact Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.