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Old 03-28-2023, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive View Post
This seems to be pretty much a slam-dunk. No charges coming.

Despite what some people seem to believe, Florida law does NOT mandate that a gun be seen. All that is needed is "reasonable cause" to believe the person has a gun and is going to use it. A guy shooting randomly in a parking lot, then coming inside angrily demanding who called the police on him and then reaching into his pocket--to me, that seems to be pretty much a textbook example of "reasonable cause".
It is more reasonable that the man shot was reaching for a cell phone. That fits the facts more unless there was a history of hostility between the people in Applebee's. We still do not know enough.