---
title: "Video Captures Florida Man Shooting AT&T Trucks Parked Outside His Home [UPDATE]"
description: "He was reportedly upset the utility workers wouldn't move their trucks while working on a line."
date: "2017-07-20"
modified: "2017-07-21"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/12688/video-shows-florida-man-shoot-up-att-trucks-parked-outside-his-home"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "AT&T"
  - "bucket truck"
  - "Crime"
  - "Florida"
  - "police"
  - "Shooting"
---

# Video Captures Florida Man Shooting AT&T Trucks Parked Outside His Home \[UPDATE\]

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A [Florida man](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7368/florida-man-drives-his-ford-f-150-onto-a-toyota-camry-to-protect-his-family>) is facing criminal charges after firing at least 18 shots at a pair of AT&T bucket trucks parked on the street outside his Hialeah home on Wednesday, reportedly because he was upset the workers wouldn't move them until they finished fixing the overhead utility line, [according to the *Miami Herald.*](<https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/hialeah/article162574858.html>)

 **\[UPDATE BELOW\]**

In a video recorded by one of the workers as he called 911, 64-year-old Jorge Jove can be seen circling the two trucks, shooting out all four tires on both vehicles before pumping at least ten shots into one of the engines. Scarily, a second worker was trapped up in the bucket as Jove went on his rampage.

[Hialeah Police Sgt. Carl Zogby told *WSVN*](<https://wsvn.com/news/local/elderly-hialeah-man-shoots-out-tires-of-att-truck-on-property/>) that the AT&T employees were working on a line outside Jove's house when the retired Miami-Dade firefighter approached them and demanded they move the trucks. When they informed him they'd move as soon as the job was finished, Jove went back inside and emerged "moments" later with a revolver, firing away and reloading several times. You can hear the panicked worker on the ground telling a 911 operator that Jove is "shooting out the tires, and he's shooting the engines on the trucks and everything!"

https://youtube.com/embed/10TkoYIFR0Q

Jove was taken into custody, and charges are currently pending. Because no one was injured, we feel OK pointing out that the continuous sound of the air hissing out of the [tires](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11611/michelins-vision-concept-is-an-airless-biodegradable-3-d-printed-tire>) after he shoots them is actually kind of amusing, as is his completely nonchalant attitude.

[A neighbor told *WSVN*](<https://wsvn.com/news/local/elderly-hialeah-man-shoots-out-tires-of-att-truck-on-property/>) that she was shocked by Jove's actions, calling him an "impeccable man," but also noted he's had run-ins with AT&T employees parked outside his house before.

"He seemed to be a quiet man, and something made him snap today," Zogby said.

**UPDATE 7/21:** Jorge Jove was released from jail on bond Thursday night without ever appearing in court. "It was a bondable offense. That was our decision, our detectives' decision," [Hialeah Police Sgt. Carl Zogby told *CBS Miami,*](<https://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/07/20/florida-man-bananas-shot-out-utility-workers-tires/>) refusing to comment further on the decision to release a man who fired 18 shots at two AT&T bucket trucks.

Jove reportedly admitted to detectives that he "went bananas," but his confession and release aren't exactly comforting to local AT&T workers who still believe Jove is dangerous. "That’s insane. That’s really hard to believe," employee Michael Martin said to *CBS Miami.*

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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