Truck Driver and Veteran Charged After Road Rage Escalates into Gunfire
by Jana Ritter - Published: 2/08/2017A truck driver and a veteran were arrested Tuesday evening after a road rage incident escalated into both men bringing out their guns and firing shots. Fortunately, nobody was hurt but police say it went far beyond a regular case of road rage and both men ended up in jail facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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(Guy Gould) (Kevin Dezurik)
The incident occurred on Tuesday at approximately 6:30 pm in Bradford County, FL, on Highway 301. According to the Bradford County Sherriff’s Office, Kevin Dezurik, 45, was driving his semi-truck when a white SUV cut him off. The SUV was driven by 52-year-old Guy Gould who told police he is a 23-year military veteran with PTSD. Dezurik, a truck driver from Mississippi, caught up to the SUV and purposely got close behind it turning on his bright lights. Gould responded by waving a handgun out his window and Dezurik said he also heard two rounds fired in the air. Dezurik then responded to that by driving into the other lane, passing Gould and cutting him off, which sent Gould’s SUV into the median. Dezurik then decided to top things off by stopping his semi-truck and walking over to the SUV displaying his own hand gun. He then fired six rounds into the SUV as it drove off.
(Watch video captured on semi-truck dashcam)
Several motorists witnessed the incident and alerted police about a shooting in progress. Within minutes patrol units with the Starke Police Department stopped the semi on Highway 301 and detained Dezurik. At the same time, Bradford County deputies located the SUV on SE 144th AVE just east of Highway 301 and detained Gould and his wife who was riding with him. At that point Gould told police he was in the military for 23 years and suffers from PTSD. He said he could not remember pulling a gun on the semi-truck because PTSD causes him not to remember everything. However, he did remember when the semi-truck pushed his SUV into the median and he said he felt like he needed to get his wife out of the area. Gould's wife also gave her account to police and said she had been sleeping in the passenger seat when she was woken up by a couple of pops. At that point she said she noticed the semi-truck coming into their lane. She also said she did not notice if her husband had his gun in his hand, but she did notice the center console where the gun is kept, was removed.
Dezurik also gave police his account of the incident and immediately admitted to firing 6 rounds at the SUV. He said that his actions were in response to seeing Gould pointing a handgun at him and then hearing two shots being fired. He then said his intentions were to cut-off the SUV and hold them at gunpoint, but the SUV quickly drove off instead. He said at that point he reacted by firing two rounds into the side of the vehicle and four rounds into the rear as it drove off. Video from the semi’s dashboard camera captured Gould displaying his handgun out the window of his SUV. The SUV had multiple signs of gunshots being fired at it and has been impounded as evidence. Investigators saw reason to charge both men equally for their actions.
Bradford County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Bradford Smith says that while road-rage incidents are becoming more common, this one was more severe than usual.
“For them to escalate to the point where individuals are shooting firearms at each other is fairly rare. It’s a very scary thought that people were very close to being seriously hurt or even killed,” he said. He also warned, “Do not try to retaliate and do not try to do something to one-up the other person. Remove yourself from the situation before it escalates to the point where somebody could lose a life over it.”
I tell you what, you put speed-limiters in these truck, bring on more restrictions, and then you'll really see shit go down!!
Bull crap, people need to learn how to drive and respect the space of large trucks. But this guy was an idiot and disgrace to the profession.
Tony Brown , I think you miss the point,
you point a gun out the window at me, it will be the last time you do it. And Andrea he was driving like 99% of werner drivers always in left lane. Going nowhere..
If you can't control your emotions you shouldn't be driving. Idiot drivers are in your life about 45 seconds don't let them ruin the rest of your day let alone the rest of your life.
If you can't control your emotions. ..you shouldn't carry a gun either
And looking at the video, the SUV didn't not cut him off.....uh, maybe if he wasn't constantly running the left lane. The only time the truck driver got in the right lane was to run the SUV off the road. I bet this truck driver is an ass to a lot of people on the road, including other truck drivers.
And by him carrying a gun makes him a super bad ass, thats' why truck drivers shouldn't carry guns, because assholes like him... Think it's their world and theirs alone, Damn dickhead
Austin Bowden , thanks for including all of us law abiding "truckers" into one group of "thinking it's their world and theirs alone " you sir are the "big headed dickhead " I hope you don't have no guns yourself , I see more people doing stupid stuff being a "super driver" in your car everyday than you can imagine, watch what you say and who you catorgorize into a group
Ha ha. Werner. Relocation specialist. Ha ha ha ha.
I'm a trucker and I didn't see this trucker get cut off at all. It looked to me like the SUV just pulled in front of him and accelerate as he should have. Both men should be punished for letting it go so far. But in my opinion, the trucker started the whole thing.
The suv shot at him
Jason Stearns After the trucker was being an idiot riding his tail and he shot in mid air not at driver!!
I drive truck. If this driver thinks that was getting cut off, he should drive I-35 in Texas south of Dallas.
What a effin idiot he didn't even think about the other 50 cars in the direction he was shooting charges should be attempted homicide
Sounds like the veteran might hav been @ fault,, being cut off used to piss me off like nothing else,, its why i never packed,, would use it !!
Wow, that's really something to get pissed off about...
Hey Austin Bowden are you a driver???
I am a trucker and it didn't look to me like he was cut off. Looked like the SUV got into the passing lane and accelerated, just like he is supposed to.
Donald Gough , lmfao ....no he is not .... his profile says unemployed and in an open relationship......... that says a lot about him now doesn't it
Then you have people with ptsd pushin everybody around ...get the F out of my way ???
Ptsd shouldn't be driving if can't remember shit
They both are a couple of idiots. They don't have to worry about a ccw. They both have managed to be charged with a felony.
He was not cut off, that driver needs anger management at the least should probably loose his CDL!!
If this dash cam ? I think it's from the truck ! If that was what he thought getting cut off is ? He should not be driving and damn sure does not need to have a gun ! Now some of these are what getting cut off is ! https://www.facebook.com/bbonenine/posts/821985807940363
Get in the right lane, and stay there... like it used to be.
Don't use your PTSD as an excuse. If your too I'll to be in public, commit yourself.
Driven that route many times, folks need to mellow the hell out.
Ed Simons, that's where you are wrong....get out much? Happens in the Chicago area quite often.
Oh please Ed Simons, this happens everywhere. No place is safe.
100% on the truck driver,,,, From a Truck Driver.
Another case of stupid people
This is why we can't have nice things...
Only in Florida!
Not only in Florida. It nation wide.
There is a moron in every profession. Sometimes a few.
Put both in prison
Two sharp pencils.
Interesting info thanks this is really good
Idiots.
Two retards.
I'm a veteran an a truck driver I'm a professional at road rage lol
The guy in the suv shot at the truck
Damn
Two dumbasses meet!!
Just sad.
Sad
Dave Dahlbergh