ORLANDO, Fla. – A 25-year-old man was arrested on attempted murder charges after he crashed into a vehicle before firing shots at his own car and a witness who called 911, according to Orlando police.
The shooting was reported Thursday night near Fern Creek Avenue and East Colonial Drive.
According to an arrest affidavit, Ricardo Enrique Leon-Garcia, 25, of Casselberry, was arrested on charges of attempted second-degree murder with a weapon, shooting into an occupied vehicle, open carrying of a firearm and resisting an officer without violence.
According to Orlando police, the witness called 911 around 9:50 p.m. and said she was in her car at a light when she heard a crash. She then saw a man get out of his car and shoot at his vehicle, police said.
The woman said she tried to leave the area, but other cars were blocking her, so she put her car in reverse and drove through a fenced-in construction site, the affidavit stated. The woman said the man walked toward her and opened fire, so she ducked onto the passenger floorboard, according to police.
The woman was not physically injured, police said.
Other witnesses reported hearing up to seven gunshots, officials said.
Police said officers found the man, later identified as Leon-Garcia, walking nearby, but he refused to drop his gun and began waving it at passing cars.
Leon-Garcia entered some bushes near a business and was apprehended by police, authorities said.
According to the affidavit, Leon-Garcia admitted to “dropping acid” earlier in the day.
A gun and several shell casings were recovered at the scene, police said.
Leon-Garcia was arrested and taken to the Orange County Jail.