Very strange for here, but can happen anywhere. Went to lunch at Flanigan’s Deerfield beach, sitting outside on a nice day talking business with my partner and friend...we hear a rapid “pop-pop-pop...”. Reacted poorly - my buddy after says he saw the shooter, smoke, muzzle flash but did not call gun for a second or two. Then entire outside hit the floor. This is all fresh so who knows real story - but guy came from parking lot across the street (literally) and shot at the guy in the truck who was surprising fine. Supposedly they know each other - who knows? After shooting guy pulls left into driveway you see in pic.

No one had a hole in them - minor miracle. I counted six shots, truck shows 9 holes. They ultimately got the shooter and took target away for evaluation - he did not have any holes in him. Somewhat surreal to be enjoying a nice lunch and beer then this. Story is guy in truck brandished a gun, guy shot at him in self defense. Based on what we saw seems like BS but who knows, pretty confusing.

Just got home - this happened two hours ago. They closed the bridges (A1A) so had a few more beers . Thinking on lessons learned, probably most disappointed did not react fast enough to gunfire. Did not recognize as gunfire until after 4-5 shots, then hit the floor. Won’t be this slow next time, even if something else. No fault to police, but took them 5 minutes to show up...then they ignored the guy that was shot at (an allegedly brandished a firearm) for another 5 minutes. Seemed to spend more time telling everyone to get away - again cannot fault them as confusing and trying to protect. From what we saw - admittedly very incomplete, the guy in the truck did not hide, throwaway or have a firearm. They did frisk him and sent him away in an ambulance (glass shards from what we could see).

Have other photos but this is the truck afterwards. Note the long shots and one lodged in drivers side door - we counted 9 holes. Miracle no one was hit - there was a FedEx truck behind and that seems to have taken the rounds headed down the street. The FedEx truck was 30 feet from where we sat. Sobering, and was not carrying as I was planning to have a beer or two. Lots to think on - and be thankful for, for myself and everyone.

I'm glad you're alright.

I guess your reaction to stuff like this all comes down to training and muscle memory, if you even believe in all of that.

H&K-Guy

Like the Big Kahuna Burger scene from Pulp Fiction...

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Originally posted by FlyingScot:
Thinking on lessons learned, probably most disappointed did not react fast enough to gunfire. Did not recognize as gunfire until after 4-5 shots

That is extremely common among people nearby (or even involved in) shooting incidents. So if it makes you feel better, you're "normal".

A video report from SKY FORCE ONE:

https://wsvn.com/news/local/bs...-in-deerfield-beach/

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Like the Big Kahuna Burger scene from Pulp Fiction...

Funny - Kahunas is on other side of the driveway you see the truck parked in. Nice beach bar.

Glad you’re alright. About nine or ten years ago, I posted a very similar thread. There was a shooting across the street from me, woke me up in the middle of an afternoon nap. Estranged husband broke into his wife’s house and pistol whipped the ex and her new beau until the new guy, sensing the need to get the focus on himself, got chased through the townhouse, up the stairs, and jumped off the balcony - getting shot at the whole way. My townhouse across the street took at least one stray round. Estranged husband left, drove off and domed himself. He had already murdered the mother-in-law before visiting my street.

You never know where or when a shooting will occur. I jumped up from the bed and ran out to the balcony to observe, and got out there just as the shooter was leaving in his truck. AFAIK, I was one of the first to call, and may have even talked to our friend 911Boss.

Did this guy cut off V Tail in traffic?

Glad you are ok. I'd say you did fine. I live out in the country; hear gunfire all the time from odd angles, so I am somewhat acclimated to it. I hope if I were in your situation, I would react much the same.

You don't expect gunfire in a nice part of Deerfield Beach having a beer in the sun, and it's frankly unreasonable to be in reaction mode every waking minute of your life.

Doing the simple stuff that many of us do; sitting in a corner where you can see the doors, keeping one's back to a secure wall, etc., none of that stuff is possible all the time, and even if you select the good seat, know your escape route, and think a bit, you are still going to relax and have a beer with a friend.

If you heard POP POP POP POP and thought "GUNFIRE" you are ahead of most people who probably though "What the hell is that?"

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Originally posted by BigSwede:

Did this guy cut off V Tail in traffic?

Nah, I wasn't there that day. I got a bunch of homies who can attest to the fact that they did not see me there.

When I see a tacky bro dozer it makes me wanna throw shots too.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by BigSwede:

Did this guy cut off V Tail in traffic?

Nah, I wasn't there that day. I got a bunch of homies who can attest to the fact that they did not see me there.

That's what they all say.

Wow, that's about 5 miles from where I live. People are crazy down here these days/.

I am very pleased that you are OK and that no one was shot. I'm sure it was unsettling in retrospect.

I was sort of shot at at a gun show back in the 2000s. I'd gone to the included snack area for a couple of barbecue sandwiches and was at a table eating when one of the vendors approached a friend at a nearby table and began to show his weapon, a 1911. Suddenly there was a BANG and a bullet struck the floor between my table and the other one, bouncing over my head to strike the wall about 50 feet behind me, ultimately ending up on the floor about 15 feet to my left. I checked myself for additional holes and, finding none, continued to eat. Shortly (very shortly) police and security guys arrived and escorted the shooter out of the building.

Back in the 1990s I was awakened in my upstairs bedroom about 0300 by a noise. I lay awake in bed and a few minutes later heard a shot out front of my house. I got up and looked out of a window on that side and a minute or so later I saw some headlight beams stop out front, a car door open, a shot ring out, the door close and then a black car with folding headlights drove off. This happened several more times, one shot each time. When I saw a police car cruise by I got out to see what was going on. A little red car that I'd noticed when I drove home the previous evening (and did not recognize) had 6 bullet holes in the driver's side, most clustered around the door handle. A lady a couple of doors down had called the cops. I gave them a poor description of the car and later heard that they'd caught the guy, who had a .38 revolver with 6 expended shells on the front seat. Never did find out who owned the car or what it was all about. But I was NOT going to go out to see what was happening!

flashguy

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
I'm glad you're alright.

I guess your reaction to stuff like this all comes down to training and muscle memory, if you even believe in all of that.

H&K-Guy

Myocytes don't have memory.

Memory resides in neurons.

 
There was a fatal shooting a few hundred feet from me in October 2002. That was my last month living in MD. I didn't find out about it until the next day, though. It was the DC sniper's second victim.

Possibly 10 shots?

1 fender
2 door
3 hood
4 windshield

I am glad you are okay, sometimes something like what happened with you,is the last thing you would think to hapoen.

In the 90's, I had a field office 25' from a road, , railroad track 20' past the office. One day, while doing paperwork, I glance out the window, a see a car slowly driving by, the passenger had a pistol stuck out the window aimed at the office.

Get down ! I yelled at Wallace the black guy working for me. About the time the words got out my mouth , a shot rang out ! The man with the pistol shot at the Railroad crossing sign.

About the time the car sped off Wallace said " Who shot?"

Wallace had a severe case of stuttering, but was very clear with those two words.

We are all Wallce sometimes.

Thanks all, definitely did not like being downrange from a dumbass. News put together a bit more of the story, they embedded some video. Saw the guy “Jacob”, good on him for keeping the guy in sight. Spur of the moment adrenaline but I’m sure after he was asking him self what in hell he just did chasing a guy that just shot up a truck.

We were closer than I thought - that sign the shooter goes around is roughly 40-50 ft. from where we were sitting. People are crazy, some lessons learned here. Check out the video.

Channel News Shooting

"A gunman triggering trouble...."

Gotta love the media and their intro's.