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Driver dead after being shot at multiple times on SR-408, later crashes into tree, Orlando police say

By FOX 35 News Staff
Published  July 14, 2022 4:10pm EDT
Orlando
FOX 35 Orlando

State Road 408 reopens hours after deadly shooting

State Road 408 reopens after a man was shot and killed while driving on the interstate

ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando police said a man is dead after he was reportedly shot at while driving on SR-408 on Thursday afternoon, and later crashed into a tree near downtown Orlando. 

The Orlando Police Department said a man in his 40s was driving westbound on SR-408 around 2:25 p.m. when his vehicle was shot at and "struck multiple times" near Bumby Ave. The man exited the freeway at Mills Avenue and crashed into a tree, police said.

Driver dead after being shot at while driving on Florida freeway

A driver was shot at multiple times while traveling on SR-408 before he crashed into a tree, police said. The man was taken to the hospital where he died.

(FOX 35 Orlando)

The man was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Shortly before 4 p.m., officials closed westbound SR-408 at Crystal Lake Drive and westbound South Street at Bumby Avenue, due to an investigation. All roads re-opened about an hour and a half later, according to police. 

(Photo via Florida Department of Transportation camera)

No other details were immediately released.