‘Because of two stupid grown men, there could have been two dead children’: In a wild ‘cat-and-mouse’ traffic incident in Florida, motorists shoot each other’s daughters, aged five and 14, with one of the girls of a collapsed lung
- William Hale, 35, of Georgia, and Frank Allison, 43, of Florida, have both been charged with attempted murder following a traffic incident on Saturday
- The couple were driving along US Highway 1 near Callahan, just north of Jacksonville, when they came face to face
- Hale said Allison leaned out of his car and fired his gun at Hale’s car, hitting Hale’s five-year-old daughter in the leg
- Hale said he then returned fire, firing seven or eight rounds into Allison’s car and hitting Allison’s 14-year-old daughter in the back
- Both girls were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive: the Nassau County Sheriff convicted the fathers of their stupidity
Two fathers have been charged with attempted murder after a weekend road traffic incident in which they both fired their guns from the windows of their cars and shot dead the other’s daughters.
William Hale, 35, of Douglas, Georgia, shot Frank Allison’s 14-year-old daughter Shelby in the back, causing a collapsed lung.
Allison, 43, of Callahan, Fla., shot Hale’s five-year-old daughter in the leg.
Both girls are expected to survive, but Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper condemned both fathers for their stupidity in what one witness described as high-speed “cat and mouse.”
“What’s scarier than a mad driver with a gun? Two crazy drivers with one gun,” Leeper said Monday.
“Fortunately, no one was killed in this incident.
“But it could very easily have ended like this because two people were being stupid and letting their whims get the best of them. There could have been two dead children because of two stupid grown men.”
William Hale, 35, of Douglas, Georgia (left) and Frank Allison, 43, of Callahan, Fla. (right), have both been charged with attempted murder after they shot in traffic Saturday
Frank Allison can be seen with his wife Jessica. The Callahan, Fla., couple got caught up in a street riot incident near their home Saturday night, tangling with a Georgia family
The incident began around 6 p.m. on US Highway 1 near Callahan, just outside of Jacksonville.
Hale drove a black Dodge Ram near his home with five occupants, including his mother, Britney.
Allison was driving a gray Nissan Murano with three occupants, including his wife Jessica and daughter Shelby, all of whom were driving home to Georgia.
Both men accused the other of “checking brakes” for erratic and dangerous driving.
Jessica Allison rolled down the window and began making abusive gestures at the Hale vehicle, and the Hales then threw a water bottle into the Allison vehicle.
Sheriff Bill Leeper convicted both men for their stupidity, which could have killed two children
Frank Allison opened fire while driving, believing he had hit the Hales’ tires – when in fact he had hit the girl.
Hale fired back and hit Allison’s daughter, who was in the car, with one of seven or eight rounds that he discharged into the speeding vehicle.
The mother of one of the children who was shot can be heard over an emergency call.
“My daughter was shot – please help me,” she says.
A child can also be heard crying during the call.
“I don’t want to die,” the child is heard saying, according to News4Jax.
Both drivers continued north with their injured daughters behind them.
The couple saw a Nassau County Sheriff’s Office squad car and pulled over, then they began arguing and fighting at the side of the road, and the deputy was forced to stop the fight.
The couple was jailed for attempted murder.