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Road rage incident escalates to shooting
By Times Staff Writer
Published September 21, 2005
TAMPA - A red Toyota Corolla cut off Samuel Cruz's 2002 silver Jaguar near a stop sign at Catalina Drive and Northbridge Boulevard sometime before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Cruz exchanged dirty looks with the Corolla's occupants, who ran Cruz's Jaguar off the road, Hillsborough County sheriff's officials said.
Cruz, 37, who lives in Orlando and was visiting friends, got out of his car. So did the driver of the Corolla. Cruz punched the man, sheriff's officials said.
A passenger got out of the Corolla with a gun and fired "several shots," which wounded Cruz in the upper torso, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.
The Corolla, carrying one other man besides the driver and the shooter, sped off.
Cruz drove to Town & Country Hospital, where he was treated for wounds that weren't life-threatening, Carter said.
Sheriff's deputies canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses but found none.
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