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A Florida homeowner fired his AR-15 at a pool cleaner he allegedly mistook for an intruder — but he won’t be charged in the shooting since he’s protected by the state’s “Stand Your Ground Law.”
Bradley Hocevar, 57, of Dunedin, and his wife, Jana, were grabbing food from their kitchen around 9 p.m. June 15 when they heard noises coming from their pool lanai, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said at a press conference on Monday.
The couple allege that they saw a man they did not recognize standing in their screened-in yard and moving closer to their door, Gualtieri said.
Hocevar yelled at the person to “go away” multiple times before grabbing his Colt M4 carbine while Jana called 911.
“This Colt M4 carbine rifle is what most people would call an AR-15 rifle. The rifle has a 30-round magazine. The magazine was fully loaded but the gun didn’t have a round in the chamber,” Gualtieri told the press.
Jana’s emergency phone call and surveillance footage captured the chaotic moments that followed, as Hocevar got behind a couch and fired two rounds through closed blinds into the backyard.
