"This is a justifiable homicide all day long. You have a right to protect yourself. ... This was the intent of the law," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a news conference Wednesday detailing Tuesday's fatal shooting of Jason Boek, 34, of Winter Haven, Florida.
According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, either late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, a woman named Jasmine Meazel had too much to drink at a bar in Dundee, and called an Uber car to take her home. When it arrived, another woman, named Jessica Mazzarella, helped Meazel out of the bar and put her into the car. The two woman did not know each other.In Westlake's Uber dash cam video, Boek can be seen exiting the truck with something dark in his right hand. The dash cam video shows Boek pointing the object toward Westlake's vehicle as Westlake asks: "I say somethin'?"Boek responded, "You know I got a pistol? You want me to f------ shoot you?"
Westlake, who is a concealed weapon permit holder and previously worked as a security guard in Orlando, took out a gun and shot Boek once in the chest, according to police.
"Oh my God," both Westlake and the passenger can be heard saying on the dash cam video after the shooting. abc
According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, either late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, a woman named Jasmine Meazel had too much to drink at a bar in Dundee, and called an Uber car to take her home. When it arrived, another woman, named Jessica Mazzarella, helped Meazel out of the bar and put her into the car. The two woman did not know each other.In Westlake's Uber dash cam video, Boek can be seen exiting the truck with something dark in his right hand. The dash cam video shows Boek pointing the object toward Westlake's vehicle as Westlake asks: "I say somethin'?"Boek responded, "You know I got a pistol? You want me to f------ shoot you?"
Westlake, who is a concealed weapon permit holder and previously worked as a security guard in Orlando, took out a gun and shot Boek once in the chest, according to police.
"Oh my God," both Westlake and the passenger can be heard saying on the dash cam video after the shooting. abc