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A Miami-Dade County man is being held on $200,000 bond after making his first court appearance this morning on charges of shooting at an FHP trooper while fleeing an attempted traffic stop.
The agency says 29-year-old Tommy Leal was the driver of a car that matched the description of a vehicle used to elude deputies in Hillsborough County. He was wanted there for a "hostile situation."
An FHP Sergeant tried to pull Leal over along I-95 near Fort Pierce early Sunday morning, but the driver kept going at a high rate of speed. The trooper then conducted a PIT maneuver and that's when officials say Leal fired shots at the trooper.
Backup was called to the scene and after a short standoff, Leal was taken to a hospital as a precaution.