October 1, 2009
Brandon Haught
Public Information Office

MAN FIRES GUN DURING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

A 43-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after he admitted to firing a gun during a road rage incident while on North U.S. Highway 17 in DeLeon Springs. The single shot shattered a window on the victim’s truck, but no one was seriously injured. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office charged Cyril Taylor with shooting into an occupied vehicle.

The victim, Jack Corcione, told deputies that he was driving a TG Lee semi truck along State Road 40 when another vehicle started driving recklessly in front of him at about 3 a.m. Corcione said that the other vehicle kept speeding up and slowing down. The two vehicles turned southbound onto U.S. 17 and the reckless driving continued. Finally, Corcione pulled off the road near the intersection of U.S. 17 and Spring Garden Ranch Road. The other vehicle then made a U-turn and drove back to Corcione, pulling up alongside the truck. Suddenly a shot rang out and a bullet struck the driver’s side vent window of Corcione’s truck, shattering the glass. He heard the shooter say, “Got that, boy?” and the vehicle sped away, but not before Corcione obtained the license plate number.

Deputies tracked the license plate to Taylor’s home on Redwood Avenue in Orange City. Taylor was found there with a handgun tucked in his waistband. He told deputies that he had been involved in a road rage incident and that he had fired a round into the air. Deputies arrested Taylor and booked him into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach without incident.