Lutz Man Arrested For Shooting Gun Out Of Car Window On Causeway

CLEARWATER, FL -- Clearwater Police arrested a 28-year-old Lutz man Saturday, July 28 for firing a handgun out of the open sunroof of his car on the Memorial Causeway bridge.

The incident happened about 9 a.m. Several calls came in to the police department about a Volvo traveling west on the causeway with the driver shooting a gun out of the window. Officers began searching for the car and located it minutes later in the 500 block of South Gulfview Boulevard.

Jelani Dixon was arrested.More than a half-dozen shots were fired from the Ruger .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun, which was recovered from the car. Multiple pedestrians were on the bridge at the time of the incident. No injuries were reported.

Dixon was charged with discharging a firearm from a vehicle in public. He is being held in the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

Image via Clearwater Police

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