ORLANDO, FL — A 67-year-old truck driver is being held without bond in the Orange County Jail after authorities say he shot a warehouse employee in the arm following an argument over a late delivery at a south Orlando distribution center on Aug. 26, then fled northbound across state lines before being tracked and arrested in coastal Georgia.
David Lee Crump, whose primary residence is listed in Charlotte, North Carolina, faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm. The case drew attention after witnesses captured the confrontation on video, and the trucking company Crump contracted for used real-time GPS technology to help law enforcement intercept his semi-truck before he could travel further from Florida. Crump appeared before an Orange County judge on Sept. 4, where he was assigned a public defender, and he remains held without bond ahead of a follow-up hearing scheduled for the morning of Sept. 10.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit, Crump was expected at the warehouse near Boice Pond Road in south Orange County around midday but arrived hours behind schedule. The delay set off a confrontation in the warehouse parking lot shortly before noon. A witness told investigators that the two men — Crump and the warehouse employee — were arguing when Crump was already holding a firearm. The affidavit states the witness observed Crump punch the victim first; the victim then punched Crump back. At that point, according to the witness, Crump fired the weapon, striking the employee once in the arm. Separately, investigators reviewed video footage turned over by witnesses at the scene. In one recording cited in the affidavit, Crump can be heard saying “I’ll kill you” while placing his hands around the victim’s neck, establishing a documented threat before the shot was fired. The victim was treated for the gunshot wound and survived.
After the shooting, Crump returned to his semi-truck and drove away from the warehouse. Detectives say he contacted the company he worked for as a third-party contractor shortly after leaving the scene. That call proved to be a critical investigative break: the contracting firm used real-time GPS telematics already installed on Crump’s commercial vehicle to trace his route in real time, alerting law enforcement to his northbound path through Jacksonville and into Georgia. The Glynn County Police Department confirmed in a written statement that one of its officers spotted a vehicle matching a be-on-the-lookout alert issued by Florida authorities for a shooting suspect out of Orlando. According to detailed reporting citing the arrest affidavit, a Glynn County officer located the semi-truck traveling northbound on Interstate 95 near Mile Marker 34 at approximately 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 26 — roughly four hours after the shooting. Georgia State Patrol then executed a felony traffic stop near Mile Marker 38. Glynn County sits approximately 200 miles north of the Boice Pond Road warehouse, meaning Crump had traveled well into Georgia along the primary interstate corridor toward North Carolina when officers closed in. He was taken into custody and later extradited to Florida.
The charge Crump faces carries substantial legal exposure under Florida law. Attempted second-degree murder does not require prosecutors to prove that the defendant intended to kill the victim — only that he committed an act so dangerous it reflected a depraved indifference to human life, according to Florida statute. Because court documents indicate a firearm was discharged during the offense, Crump also faces potential sentencing enhancement under Florida’s mandatory minimum firearm statute, which imposes a 20-year minimum prison term upon conviction when a gun is fired. Legal analysts familiar with the statute note that whether Crump’s defense pursues a self-defense argument could significantly shape the case, given that witness accounts describe a mutual exchange of punches before the gun was fired. How any self-defense claim might interact with the mandatory minimum provisions could influence plea negotiations as the case moves forward. Crump has not entered a plea as of the most recent court appearance.
Investigators say the evidence collected at the scene is extensive. Multiple witnesses at the warehouse provided both photographs and video recordings to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and those materials are referenced directly in the arrest affidavit as supporting the account of what happened in the parking lot. The footage showing Crump making the verbal threat while grabbing the victim’s neck — captured before the gun was fired — gives prosecutors documented evidence of intent and escalation that predates the shooting itself. The victim, whose name has not been released by authorities, told investigators he was struck once in the arm. The fact that the victim survived distinguishes the formal charge — attempted second-degree murder — from the more serious homicide charge that initial reports suggested. Court records from the Orange County Clerk of Courts confirm Crump was processed into the Orange County Jail following his extradition from the Glynn County Detention Center in Georgia.
The rapid, two-state response that led to Crump’s arrest illustrates what authorities say was an unusually swift collaboration between private fleet-tracking technology and law enforcement across jurisdictions. The trucking contractor’s GPS system provided real-time location data that law enforcement used to calculate Crump’s speed and trajectory, allowing Florida investigators to coordinate with Georgia authorities and set up the interstate intercept well before Crump could exit the state. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has not publicly stated whether the victim and Crump had any prior working relationship beyond the scheduled delivery, and it remains unclear from available court documents how many times Crump had previously delivered to that warehouse. Crump’s next court hearing is set for Sept. 10 in Orange County, where he is expected to appear alongside his court-appointed public defender for further proceedings.
Crump remains in the Orange County Jail without bond. The Sept. 10 hearing will mark the next formal step in proceedings, at which point his public defender is expected to be present and the case will advance toward an arraignment or preliminary hearing schedule under Florida court rules.
