Thursday, February 20, 2025

Gunfire In Traffic Incident

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The projectile mentioned is a bullet, a round that was fired from the gun and grazed a passenger in a truck. The bullet was fired from a vehicle traveling eastbound on Interstate 4, striking the vehicle at the driver's side window.

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AUBURNDALE, Fla. - Polk County deputies are searching for a suspected shooter accused of firing a gun on I-4, striking a truck and grazing its passenger on Wednesday afternoon.⁘

According to the Polk County Sheriff⁘s Office, a woman called 911 shortly after 3:45 p.m. and reported that a projectile came through the driver⁘s side window of her truck and grazed her while she was heading west on Interstate 4 in the area between the on and off ramp of State Road 559, between Polk City and Auburndale.⁘

Investigators say it appears that the round was fired from someone heading eastbound on Interstate 4 at the same time.⁘

They added that there is no evidence to suggest that the gun was fired by someone on the ground alongside the highway.

Anyone who was traveling on I-4, either east or west, at that time, and saw something suspicious is asked to contact the Polk County Sheriff⁘s Office at 863-298-6200.

Anyone with information on this crime and who wishes to remain anonymous is asked to contact Heartland Crime Stoppers in one of four ways:

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