Dashcam footage captures driver’s wild overreaction as he shoots through his OWN windscreen at passing car whose driver threw bottle at him on Florida interstate

• Eric Popper, 30, can be seen shooting at another driver in Florida eleven times back in June 2021
• The incident started when he cut off a fellow driver on I-95 in the Miami area
• The other driver honked at Popper before tailgating him 
• In the video, Popper can be seen waiting for the other car to go past him before firing at his vehicle 11 times
• The other driver told investigators that thrown a water bottle at Popper’s vehicle while surpassing him

Shocking dash camera footage shows the moment a man pulls out his gun and shoots at another driver during a road rage incident on a highway in Miami.

The incident starts when 30-year-old Eric Popper decides to cut off a fellow driver on I-95 in Miami-Dade County, while singing to music playing in his car. 

In the video, Popper then looks into his rearview mirror to check on the car, now tailgating him, before he reacts, saying ‘Oh, f*** off’  after he was honked at. 

He continues to monitor the car behind him, before reaching into his Toyota Venza’s center armrest and taking out his gun. 

The video shows the moments Eric Popper pulled out his gun and shot at the other driver several times while traveling southbound down the highway in what the Florida Highway Patrol called a road rage incident in June of last year

He can then be seen waiting for the other driver, who was allegedly gesturing at him several times, to go past him before firing at his vehicle 11 times. 

The other driver was reportedly driving a black Toyota Camry at the time of the incident, which took place on June 21, at around 7am. Both drivers were travelling southbound. 

Popper, a civilian fire inspector working for the Miami Beach Fire Department, turned himself in to the Florida Highway Patrol after quitting his job on July 21.  

He was bonded out of jail and faced felony charges including aggressive assault with a firearm.

 Popper, a civilian fire inspector working for the Miami Beach Fire Department, turned himself in to the Florida Highway Patrol after quitting his job on July 21

Eric Popper, 30, worked at the the Miami Beach Fire Department at the time of the incident last year. He was arrested and charged with felony charges including aggressive assault with a firearm

The man’s lawyer, Robert Gershman, told local outlets that his client acted wildly after he thought he was being shot at.  

‘You hear a bang on Mr. Popper’s car, akin to a gunshot, which precipitated the whole incident, so in this matter, the audio and video evidence we believe exonerates him,’ Gershman told NBC Miami. 

‘I was just shot at. My car was hit,’ Popper can be heard saying on another dashboard camera video.

The other driver involved in the altercation told investigators that he threw a water bottle at Popper’s vehicle while passing him. 

Both the victim and Popper were pulled over after incident and called 911. Their respective vehicles were damaged by bullets from the gunfire.

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