Clearwater, FL (April 20, 2019) – An 18-year-old was arrested after an alleged incident of road rage in Clearwater on Monday, April 15th. According to Clearwater police, part of the event was captured on video footage.
Officers say that Tia Pisani was driving a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander along Gulf to Bay Boulevard when she got into some sort of altercation with another SUV at the intersection of Belcher Road. Video shows Pisani veering into the SUV before they both go off the camera. At that point, police say that both cars pulled into a parking lot where Pisani attacked the 72-year-old driver of the SUV along with her 50-year-old daughter.
The attack included Pisani pointing a gun at the driver and pulling the trigger. Fortunately, the gun was only an unloaded airsoft gun. The two women sustained minor injuries as a result of the incident.
The argument allegedly began after Pisani became angry when the other driver honked her horn at a traffic light. Pisani fled the parking lot but was later located by officers. The airsoft gun was also found in her vehicle. She was charged with battery on a person older than 65, aggravated assault and leaving the scene of a collision.
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