Event Brief
HCSO: Driver’s car hit by five shots on Main Street
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Oct 02, 2026 at 11:20 AM ET
Summary: Hillsborough County deputies say a motorist who stopped to help a man waving a flashlight near Main Street and Grovewood Avenue was fired on just before 1 a.m. Sept. 29. The driver escaped without injury and called HCSO from a nearby gas station; investigators say they found a firearm matching the shooting’s caliber at suspect Franklin Windham’s residence.
WHO: Franklin Windham, 32, was arrested; the driver was not identified and was not struck by gunfire.
WHAT: HCSO says Windham fired five rounds at a motorist’s vehicle and faces an attempted-murder charge.
WHEN: Sep 29, 2026
WHERE: Hillsborough County
WHY: Motive not yet established.
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