LEESBURG, Florida—A warrant was issued for a man Monday after he bragged about a shooting incident involving his neighbor last month, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Charles Derek Fueri, 49, is alleged to have driven his Dodge Ram and followed his neighbor as he rode his bicycle down the street on Oct. 28 in Bassville Park near Leesburg. Fueri passed the man and parked; as the man neared his home, Fueri turned his headlights on and accelerated toward the victim. As Fueri approached the victim, he reportedly yelled, “Do you want to die tonight,” displayed a gun and fired one round. The victim ran and called 9-1-1.
The shot missed the victim, but the following day he found the bullet lodged in a vehicle that was parked in front of his home. A Lake County Sheriff’s Office detective narrowed down a list of suspects for a photo line-up, but the victim was unable to identify Fueri, according to the affidavit.
On Sunday, a witness told LCSO Fueri told him he fired a shot at the victim from a .357 Magnum in retaliation for the victim allegedly looking over his fence and, in his vehicles, the same night. The witness also provided LCSO with a video showing Fueri aggressively following the victim and a short time later a gunshot can be heard, the affidavit states.
Fueri was picked up on the warrant Monday by Eustis Police Department and transported to the Lake County Jail. He is facing charges of discharging a firearm in public, shooting into an unoccupied vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is being held on $13,000 bond.
