Florida man allegedly shoots at Uber driver during argument over politics and religion

A Florida man allegedly opened fire on his migrant Uber driver, telling him to “go back to his country” during a heated argument over politics and religion.David Stuart Stinson was slapped with a handful of charges, including shooting a deadly missile at a vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, in the early morning shooting outside of Clearwater Sunday.Stinson, who turned 42 the day after the alleged shooting, had ordered the rideshare to pick him up at his sister’s home in Oldsmar and bring to his house in Largo, when the conversation inside the car turned violent, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by The Post.The conversation between the two men turned heated when the subject of religion and politics came up and Stinson allegedly learned information about his driver.“The defendant discovered during his conversation with the victim that he was an immigrant and told the victim to go back to his country,” the court document states.When the argument became too heated, the driver pulled over, opened Stinson’s door and demanded the unwanted passenger to get out after he allegedly became “more aggressive with his demeanor.”The driver began to drive off, leaving Stinson on the side of Belleair Road in a residential neighborhood, when he pulled out a gun and allegedly fired three shots at the fleeing Uber, the affidavit states.The hail of bullets struck the back of the car and the passenger seat, but did the driver was not hit.The unidentified man told police that he “was fearful that (Stinson) wanted to harm him.”Police responded to the area and tracked Stinson down to his home, roughly two miles away.During the initial interaction with Pinellas County Sheriff deputies, Stinson had allegedly handed a brown handbag to his wife in an attempt to conceal it from the police.Officials recovered the bag and discovered a Glock-19 handgun and ammo believed to be connected to the shooting.During his arrest, Stinson told his wife, “I’ll s...

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Publisher: New York Post

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