On April 3rd, 2025, Marian County Sheriff's deputies responded to a home in Ocala, Florida, after reports of gunshots during a verbal dispute between neighbors. You don't want to come? Yeah. Where's the gun at? Where's the gun at? Where is the gun? I can't hear you. Who has the gun? Not here. Over there. No on my property. Okay. And stand by. His house got married. He changed. He wasn't like this. What is it? Changed since he got married his wife. Which house is this one? Yeah. He's back in the back. He seen you coming. He ran the back. I'm going have 67 62. Man, go ahead and hold station. Lance, get this one. Lance, y'all stay over there. Lance, sheriff's office. Lance, where's Lance? Where? You're fine. Where is Lance? He's right there. Come on. Where's the firearm at, Lance? No, no, no, no. You're trespassing, y'all. No, I'm not trespassing. Get out here now. Get out here now. Come to me now, Lance. Come to me now. Walk this way now. Now. Meanwhile, a second deputy went around the house and confronted the suspect. He doesn't have a weapon. No, he does not have a weapon on it. No. I'm telling you, man. Hey, hands down. Knock it off. Hands. I ain't got no guns. Okay. Drop the beer. Drop the beer. Drop the beer. I'm telling you, I'm going to drop the beer. Hands. Okay. Hands on your head. That's it. Hands on your head. That's all right. Hands on your head, ma'am. Get back, ma'am. Get Get back, ma'am. Now, you're in the wrong. Let's go. You in the wrong. No, we're giving you orders and you're not listening to what we're telling you. You do what we tell you to do. When there's a gun, we're not ma'am. You go on. Go on now. That's my wife. That's my wife. Tell me what right now. You want to go in cuffs, too? No. If I'm getting my dogs, you ain't putting me in cuffs, you dumbass. Where's the gun at? Where's the gun at right now? I don't have a gun. If I had a gun, I I would show it to you. I don't have one. Now, I need to put the dogs up. Put the dogs up. Is there a gun on this property? Not that I know of. All I done was back the airboat up, dude. It's all I done. And that one dude over there ain't nothing but a prison bird, man. He yapping his mouth and I'm tired of it. They they step over my yards. I got cameras all over the place. So, the reason why we came and sometimes it's like we're a little aggressive is because somebody said that somebody had a gun and stuff like that. Yeah. I got all kind of guns, man. So, that's why we come. We don't know. So, we just I got you. I got you. But we we don't know what's going on. So, that's why I I shot it in the ground. I show you where I shot it in the ground. Okay. I know that. He He said that he he shot it in the ground. He didn't shoot it. Well, listen. But when when I'm telling you to come to me and I need to see your hands and stuff and you got a gun on me and I'm I'll come to you cuz you're not listening to what I'm telling you. I don't care. Okay. That's not my problem. That's not my problem then. My property, dude. It might be your property, but when we're called out here, we're called out here for a reason. And when shots have been fired, we're we're coming out to try to figure out what's going on. Ripped me off. Where where's the Where's you shoot it at? And where's the gun at now? Where where's the gun at now? Get inside for Yes, sir. Hold on. Time, man. Hold on. Why am I under arrest? You're not under arrest. You're not under arrest. He's not under arrest. No, that's not how it works. You don't tell me how to do my job, ma'am. No. No. Okay. So, listen. Listen. He's detained. Hold on. Are you going to let me talk or you going to talk over me? I'm trying to tell you why he's in handcuffs. Okay. So, he's in handcuffs because he's detained right now. Okay. It doesn't mean he's under arrest. It doesn't mean Yes, we do. Yes, we do. Dad ain't nothing but a troublemaker right there. Well, we're going to get to I'm going to go talk to them. I don't know why you got me contained for Why am I under arrest? You're not under arrest. You're detained. Yes. I ain't done nothing wrong. I ain't got a weapon on me. I know that, but I ain't got a weapon. I'm going to sue you, man. I'm suing you. I'm going to sue every one of you. Um, I'm going to see you, dude. Take him. I got to get to the city. I got to get to the city. Um, I got some cuffs. He's just detain. I haven't checked them or anything. Okay, let me get some cuffs. You arrested me for no reason. Somebody said you were under arrest. Have a seat on the bumper. Why I got handcuffs, though? Okay. Have a seat on the bumper. Why I got handcuffed? Tell me that. All right. Do you have Did he already patch you down? No, he ain't pat my my house, dude. Push your hands back out for me. That way I don't have to pull on them. Thank you. All right. Have a sit on the bumper for me. Yeah. My nephew is over there renting the place. He turned the lights off. Man, that dude stayed over there for a month with no lights. And this one dude's over there. He's a guy just got out of prison. I don't want him over there. I don't even know where near me. Don't know him. Where do you live at? Just sir. Right there. Okay. I'm Elanar Septic. I own a business and he ripped my nephew off. That dude had to stay over there in the dark. Well, I've had enough, dude. I've had enough. I'm done. Deputies then spoke with the neighbor to hear his side of the story. I got video to help you. Okay. What all What happened about like specifically today? Why? Why it got You want me to tell you truth? I don't understand why he's acting like that. I've never done nothing to him. Did you Did you talk to him about his nephew that was staying here? No, I didn't. He I Here's what happened. You got any cameras on this place? No. Okay. They stole. Anyway, here's what happened. He had his air fan there. I come home and his big air fan running there. His airboat blowing the wind and everything there. I could He was what he cousin hollering. I couldn't hear him. He said he's going to slap those slap the out of uh him and Mhm. over it was over they installed a water pump or something and they're saying who said who stole a water pump? How do we know that? He did it. How do we know that? I can't prove it. Okay. Did you make accusations to him that he stole the water pump? No. Okay. Water pump doesn't work. I just had Listen, uh the signals you're alleged he was the one that had it and it's allegedly been put out. They're not being very cooperating right now. He's really mad at his ex father-in-law. Okay. And that's Ron that lives right around the corner. And Ron's been a good friend of mine. I've been here for a few years, but I'm from Ohio. Listen, we don't care about the family feud or the nut. Well, he was here when it happened. He threatened him, too. Okay. And it's his family. Yeah. But he don't want nothing to do with it. He knows he's a nutcase. Who knows he's a nut case? Ron. Okay, Sandy. The family member. You have to talk to them about that. I don't know. Huh? You got that family member's phone number? Yeah. All right, let's see if we can get him down here. What even is this? Uh, it was a 22 verbal. Wait a minute. This guy shot into the ground. I guess that video where they don't care. He admits to it over here somewhere. There's a revolver. The argument. Okay. The the threats, the argument, that kind of stuff is what we we're concerned about. If you want to report when he pulled the gun out, we pulled the gun out. Bam. Bam. I'll shoot you. I'll put a hole here. Bam. Bam. Okay. In Ohio. Where was he? Where was he directing the gun? Where was he shooting at? Right here. Right by that gate. Yeah. But what was he where's the gun pointed at? It pointed kind of at an angle. Kind of like toward me and shoot it in the ground. I wasn't worried about hit me. I was watching. I'm a gunman. I've been hunting since that 10. We're We're Listen, he was on his property or this property trying to establish where people were. Where were you? Let's go. Let me get a hold of Ron here real quick. Go ahead. I'll show you. Where were you standing? I was over here. I ain't stupid. I get close to like that. Everybody get lucky at 30 yard 40 yard. But I bet you couldn't hit a five gallon bucket at 30 yards. Wired up. Huh? Right here. Right here. No, we're not trying to. We're just trying to trying to figure out where everybody was at and stuff like that. Okay. Now he is really upset. Where were you? Bel, why don't you tell him why he was really upset? Hey, let me let him let him talk to him. Okay. Oh, let him tell. We'll we'll we'll talk to you and get your story, too, and get it all. Okay. This is a exfather-in-law. Ex father-in-law. Yeah. Yeah. Wrong. Yeah, I guess that's what it is. You guys grab your IDs, please. I hear my birth date social. Who's got an ID on there? Temporary driver's license. Okay. I'm going to go get I'm going to get a piece of paper cuz I'm a law citizen. Yes. I got a concealed weapon permit. I don't have it on me. No, sir. You don't have the permit or you don't have the gun? I have the permit and my wallet. No, it's fine. I'm not going to go digging through your pockets. I was just I'm trying to I know. Just trying to figure out what we're referencing here. That's all. Just because I shot it in the ground, I'm under under arrest. What's your wife's name? I don't want I don't want to scream at her. Hey, you or what's her name? Carrie. Terry. I mean, he he he was going to shoot me. I mean, I That was his command right there. I'm on my property. My I got posted signs right there. So, he was trespassing. He didn't He didn't say he didn't come up and ask me. He didn't call the house. He didn't call me. I don't think he's very happy with me, but it's okay. You know, I respect I got a family that's got to go to him. We don't know with the guns. I respect the fact that you got a family. You got to go home. When there's guns involved, we got to respect you guys cuz my son-in-law is a firefighter. He goes through the same stuff. Y'all go, well, he still And I know you're amped up. It's easier for you just to come to me. Let's figure it out. Let's make sure there's not a gun in the way. You know what I mean? I tell you, them people will rip me off. I got you. And and we're going to try to get to the bottom of it. I own a business. I I run a septic business. So, we're going to Have you talked to him about his side or anything? What was going on? I know something about airboat, too. Yeah. Back there. Okay. I ain't going to lie to you. Yeah, I did. I don't have Well, just let me go ahead. Well, well, just a formality then. Listen, I'm going to this and I'm going to tell you why he's reading it. Okay. It does not mean that these aren't coming off and that you're going to You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can have those rights in mind you wish to talk to us? No, sir. No. Okay. Not without a lawyer. Okay. Fair enough. Cuz I might say something. All right. I'm going to say this and it's not I'm not trying to get you to speak in any way. I respect 100%. Um% So If if you don't want to talk, that's fine. I'm not I will never I would never force you to talk, but I'm going to go by what all the witnesses are going to tell me here. And that's that's how we'll do our investigation because of whatever, but they're lying. The whole Right. I just I'm back to everybody over there. Yes, I did. I wish her cameras were working. She said she got cameras, but they ain't working. So, the cameras are working. She said they ain't. They're missing the memory cards. She was just looking at her phone. I was asking her about them. cop camera right there on the front of the house right there. It works. Okay. Yes, sir. The other show I'm back in there about over there. Okay. And I did fire the weapon but in the ground over there. I got you. Okay. Did not point it at nobody. I just that one prison dude over there kept running his mouth. Which one is that? The young one. The one without the shirt. He just got out of prison or something. I don't want him on my property. I don't want him talking to me. I don't want him looking at me. I got you. Okay. Hey, I'm going to go get some information real quick. I'll be back. Deputies spoke with the victim again and it appeared the entire dispute started over an airboat blowing leaves into the neighbor's yard. What happened was I just got I was coming back. So, you know, I was coming back from the grocery and the big air fan was running that big uh that big airboat. He got a big airboat and he was blowing. What in the world's he doing that for? I don't know. all of a sudden blowing leaves across and everything, you know. Okay. Guys over here working, working on the water well that anyway, I pull in and he's screaming, hollering. He could hear him, but I couldn't. I'm hard to hear screaming, hollering. So, he get the airboat, screaming, cussing, hollering. Then he take gets on the airboat and he moves it. And then he gets off that truck and trailer and he comes right over there screaming, "Holling, you think I I'll put a I'll plug in you." And he pulled the pistol. I said, "Holy, I looked at pistols." And you were standing right here whenever he pulled pistol. Stand right about here. But I I'm close enough. I know pistol. Okay. Had a short pistol. I keep I keep stopping you for a reason. Well, and that's where I want I'll put a plug in. Bam. Bam. Bam. Give him a chance. Stop. I'm stopping you for a reason. Okay. Where was he when he had the pistol? Right by that fence. At the fence. Yep. Right. Which direction was he facing? Right toward me. He was facing this way. Okay. What did the pistol look like? He pulled the pistol out of his back like this. I got you. You're a gun person. What did the pistol look like? Silver. Looked like a a short nose. Probably a way it sounded maybe at least a 9 mil or maybe a 45. I don't know. But it was no, you know, it was a pretty good sounding pistol. It sound a little louder than a 9 mm. Is it ejector or was it? No, it's like probably a double action. Okay. Double action. Yeah, double action was silver. Okay. Pretty sure. But I'm going to tell you his hand on it. It was silver. It had his hand on it. A revolver or Yeah, revolver. A double action revolver. Single action. Old cowboy con. Boom. Boom. Had to [ __ ] Okay. He went boom boom boom. Okay. Deputies then spoke with the victim's wife, but she was uncooperative and was caught lying. Hello. Hello. So, let's let's go back to what what took place today. Um, well, let's see. First, let's go back about a week ago. Well, we need today. Okay. So, today, um, yeah. Well, I don't know. I wasn't out here when the when they say the gun happened. I wasn't even out here. I was in the house. So, I don't know what happened. I don't know anything. All I know is that they started the bull. Lance is not going to put up with the bull. Okay. As it is, we already got a surveyor coming cuz we think he's on our property. Oh, no. No. I know. We know. We're not even going to I know. But that's that is one of the problems. Okay. And that Where's the gun? The exfather-in-law. I don't know. I don't I don't know. That's what I'm saying. I was not They're They're saying that you were out there and he about shot your foot off. Oh, bull. That's what I'm saying. So, yeah. Well, they're full of Where's the gun? There is I don't have a gun. I have a gun, but you ain't getting my gun. My gun is locked up in a safe. It ain't nowhere near you, and it has not been out. Okay. So, what kind of gun do you have? I have a 38 special Smith and Wesson 642 Hammerless. Okay, sounds about right. Well, you know what? I let me tell you something. Bill and Ronnie both know what I got. Okay. So, they can say any goddamn thing they want. Ronnie rip my husband off for $90,000. Him and his daughter. So, I I don't have Can you show me where this thing was actually shot? No, I wasn't out here. I just told you that. I was in the house with the dogs. I brought the dogs in the house. Okay. Okay. I know. I'm It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. But we're going to get We're having a bad day. Clear head. Clear and calm heads are going to are going to I know. I'm trying to be calm. It's okay. It's okay. We're going to figure this out. But let's see if there's a video. Let's What time would you want it? Oh, it was probably 6 3:23. It was probably 6 years or so. I think when this call came out. So 6:20ish. Okay. So I got a 323 and a 710. And I have not deleted anything. No, that's this is what we got. Wouldn't do it. It was like That was it. It was around 6:00 when this took place. So that was it. Okay. All right. Cool. So did you never go over there? What? Over to the property. Did you go over there at all? No, I wouldn't go over there. I'm not over there. I'm I'm on my property at the fence. I told him. He told me that. We're splitting hairs. He told me. No, I'm not splitting hairs. I was not over on that property. You asked me if I was over there. I said no. Okay. First of all, you need to get your hand out of my face, okay? Cuz you're going to end up in handcuffs real quick. You just lied. No, I did not lie. I told you I was not over there. Yes, you did. I went over there. I don't know where he shot cuz I left. I went standing right next to No, I wasn't. I went into the house. So, they perfectly describe your revolver. You're standing right next to You know what? They know where they tell me you're never standing over there for 3 years. Okay. And and his wife wanted to know what kind of revolver I am. He's not working this case. I'm working this case. I'm done. So, you're stuck with me and I'm letting you know. I'm letting you know I'm not dumb. I didn't think you would. Okay, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Time out. I do not think you're dumb. My uncle is a chef. I guess I do not think any of you. Where? Over there. I don't know. I left him in the house. Is he over here? Let me show you. No, I don't believe you. Let me show you. No, I don't believe you. Get him in the house. No, we're not going to do that. That had to get in the house. That has nothing to do with what we're talking about. I don't exactly. And I do not know what happened while I was in the house. Well, what I do know is you can tell me that I did not give him $400 for electricity. What's your name? I'll get Okay. What's your name? Annette. Annette. Annette. Yeah. Yeah. You're freaking out because you think he's going to get in trouble. No. I I know he's You know what? Actually, no. I don't think he's going to get in trouble. You know, I think he should get in trouble. No. No. No. You think he's going to get in trouble, which is why you're freaking out. No, I don't. And no, I'm not freaking out that way. I'm freaking out because I had a good buzz on and now I don't. Okay. I've had Well, I can tell you that if you keep lying, I'm not I'm really going to ruin your buzz. I'm not lying to you. I left and went in the house with the dogs because he had to let them dogs out. So, I had to get these dogs in. We cannot help them out at the same time. My dogs are bigger than their dogs. his dogs and they will fight. Okay, I'm not lying to you. I'm I am drunk a little bit. I'm not gonna lie to you because you know what? I was having a good day. Okay. He needs to get your information. Yeah. Why don't you go? Yeah. So, listen, man. I I don't know if you're going to be going to jail, but I'm just going to be honest with you. If your girl keeps lying, she's probably going to be going to jail. Lying about what? The whole thing. Lying. Okay. What you say? He's not lying. All right. Deputies reviewed video provided by a witness which showed the suspect and the victim bickering with the suspect clearly instigating the confrontation. You watch this video. This dude's clearly aggressive. Hey, look. Watch. Watch this. Oh, you already got a little old girl standing right next to him. I totally wasn't there. Oh, yeah. And I got pictures again. So, yeah, I wasn't there. Give me my $400. Give me my $400. So they're at the fence kind of being the primary by closing that [Music] gap. Knock your assault right there all day long. I mean he's trying he's he's baiting him. Yeah, it's assault. If they were standing in common ground and he said that, that would be assault. But because he's saying if you come across that fence, I will with you. So, I mean, that's Well, listen, man. You're going to be placed under arrest tonight. Um, you're going to be going to jail for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Yep. I am not aggravating nobody. I know. What's up? the 4931. You got the phone? No, I I'm going to go in the house again. It's not out here. 4931. I just Man, dude, I'm telling you, you're in the wrong right here. I'm telling you. Nope. Uh, what? Take that stuff. Yes. Um, your stuff does. No. No. Yes, it does. No. No, it does not. Yes, it does. I was on my property. Let's go. Okay. Okay. You You're in big trouble, dude. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, you are. I'm telling you, right? I I don't know if you I don't know if you've realized Hey, don't get me out. I don't know if you've realized yet. Okay. This is not your call. Oh, yes, sir. Okay. Yes, I am. Spread your feet. Yes, sir. I know. You You the officer. Yes, sir. Yep. You the main man. Yes, I am. Yes, sir. Believe me. Go ahead and have a seat. Yes, sir. You big man. Yeah. Yeah. When deputies asked his wife for the gun, she refused and asked to speak with her husband first. Here's the thing, okay? Look, and I'm not leveraging your keys, but I need you to understand something. I know. Just Just hold on. Okay. All right. I know I come off like a jerk, but I'm just to the point, okay? I'm I'm not going to waterboard you and blow smoke. Okay? Here's the deal. Okay? That gun is evidence of a crime. Okay? Unfortunately, Uh, I I'm I'm going to be leaving here with him. Okay. But we are not leaving here. I know. Until this search warrant is executed or you just go get the gun or it's evidence of a crime. I go get the lawyer and then No, that's not how I'm going to call the lawyer. Okay. So, when this search warrant is executed, okay, and you're standing in the way of that, then you can go to jail tonight, too. Okay. And then what are you going to do with my dogs? That's not my problem. Animal control will come out and get that. No, they won't. They won't. So, do you understand? Do you understand my point? Listen. Listen. So, I know. I understand. Okay. But he wants me to call the lawyer for him. I'm going to do that. You can do that. Go call the lawyer when he tells me something different. Listen here. Listen. We're just wasting time. So, right now, valuable time is being go call the lawyer. Get the lawyer to advise you on how you want to handle the gun. Okay? Let me speak to him. If he tells me to go get you the gun, I'll go get it. But if he doesn't, I'll wait till the lawyer. Oh, babe, I called him. I went to voicemail. Oh, Chris, why? Can I get Can I Can I just They're going to get a search warrant and I won't be able to go back in the house and they're going to take the dogs. Dogs? What? Because there will be no one here to take care of them because I'm going to jail, too. What? Because I because I'm not helping them, apparently. And I called him that. Is that the guy Chris? Um I mean James Tarquin. No. That's a lawyer. It's a lawyer. That's the only James you have in there. Yeah, that's him. Okay. I left a message. Chris, can I just give them the gun? Can I Can I find a gun for them so they can take it and go? I guess. Yeah. Okay. All right. Come on. Yeah. Give him a gun. All right. All right. I don't know where you already took a picture of it. No, it's on the speaker. All right, baby. Deputies confiscated the firearm, which contained three spent shell casings. The suspect was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and transported to the Maran County Jail for booking. in the ground. Shot him in the ground. Didn't shoot it. I didn't point the gun at nobody. Shot him in the ground. Violation of my rights. I know my rights. Y'all in Y'all in the wrong. Y'all are okay. You are definitely in the wrong. Yes, sir. Okay. I'm going to go give the statement. How many rounds is it? It's five rounds. Three are expelled. Okay. In the ground. Yeah. You know what's Dude, didn't point it at nobody. I don't know if that tree is worth barking up right now. Well, your girl's ride or die. There's definitely oil.