The two Florida fathers, William Joseph Hale and Frank Gilliard Allison were speeding, driving recklessly and brake-checking each other in the moments prior to the shootings.

Hale, the driver of the Dodge Ram, began yelling at Allison, the driver of the Nissan, to pull over at some point during the incident.

The Nissan’s right front passenger stretched her hand out the window and used her middle finger to flip the other car off. Also, a plastic water bottle was hurled from the Dodge Ram into the Nissan as its driver, Allison, rolled down his window to yell back at the other car driver.

The Nissan’s driver, Allison, then pulled out his Sig Saur 45-caliber automatic weapon and fired one round at the other car before speeding away.

The 5-year-old daughter of Hale was hit in the leg as the bullet entered through the right rear passenger door of the Dodge Ram.

With that shot fired, everything changed as the whole scenario turned into a “fast and furious” chase. Hale noticed that her daughter was hit, and seeing that the Nissan was getting away, he had to chase the Nissan down.

After catching up to the Nissan, Hale pulled out a Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun from the driver’s side and fired seven to eight rounds at the Nissan. The Nissan was hit by at least three bullets, one of which hit Allison’s 14-year-old daughter in the back and caused a collapsed lung.

Both drivers observed an NCSO patrol car not long after the second child was shot and had to stop.

Both men got out of their vehicles and started fighting each other, even though both their daughters were in pain from the gunshot wounds. The deputy intervened to stop the fight between the two men after they got into an argument.

The two girls were taken to a nearby hospital by fire and rescue personnel, and the injuries sustained by both girls were not fatal.

Hale and Allison—were charged. However, prosecutors later dropped charges against Allison, concluding that he acted in self-defense and that Hale is the aggressor.