'I'm going to die, baby': FedEx driver shot dead in front of girlfriend when man 'emptied the magazine' after following them to warehouse in road rage incident, cops say

A Florida FedEx operator was gunned down successful beforehand of his woman aft a antheral followed the victim's motortruck to a organisation halfway and "emptied the magazine," authorities say.

Tyler Brandon Vidro, 24, stands accused of first-degree murder and aggravated stalking successful the decease of Nathaniel Padgett extracurricular the FedEx organisation halfway successful Riviera Beach.

The incidental unfolded connected Thursday evening, a probable origin apprehension affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime said. Per cops, Padgett was driving the FedEx motortruck connected Florida's Turnpike with his woman erstwhile Vidro pulled alongside him, "lowered his model and began shrugging his shoulders and raising his manus up, successful an effort to provoke a confrontation."

Padgett allegedly ignored Vidro and kept driving to the FedEx hub astatine 1177 West Blue Heron Blvd. Vidro followed Padgett and the woman wrong the backstage parking lot, the affidavit says. Padgett reportedly parked the truck, went wrong the gathering and came backmost retired and walked to his idiosyncratic vehicle. The suspect appeared to beryllium waiting for Padgett and confronted him, saying "you deed my car," surveillance video showed, according to the affidavit. Padgett reportedly denied hitting his car and tried to get distant from Vidro, saying "What the f— are you gonna do, get the f— retired of my face."

The unfortunate hopped into his motortruck and drove to different portion of the parking batch with Vidro allegedly successful pursuit, screeching his tires successful the process, constabulary say. Padgett drove to a backstage road, got retired of his motortruck and picked up a cinder artifact the size of a bowling ball, cops wrote. He allegedly walked up to Vidro's car and said "Wuz up, I don't springiness a f— astir that, you pursuing me, I did not propulsion s— astatine your car."

Vidro allegedly fired aggregate shots astatine Padgett, striking him 7 times successful the chest, abdomen, limb and leg. Padgett's woman called 911. Cops judge Vidro fired 9 shots.

"My fellow conscionable got shot! We're astatine the FedEx warehouse!" the woman exclaimed, according to the telephone obtained by section ABC affiliate WPBF.

The woman spoke to Padgett portion she relayed accusation to dispatchers.

"OK. OK. Come on," she said.

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"I'm going to die, baby," Padgett said.

"No, you're not! You're not! Come on! You're not!" the woman assured.

Paramedics rushed Padgett to the hospital, wherever helium died.

Shortly aft the shooting, Vidro himself called cops.

"I didn't deliberation to telephone you guys, but the lawyer told maine to," helium allegedly said.

He confirmed helium was progressive successful a shooting and helium claimed self-defense. Vidro explained that helium "emptied the magazine" but requested to talk with an lawyer earlier making further statements.

Cops rejected a "Stand Your Ground" claim, saying the instrumentality lone applies to a idiosyncratic who "is successful a spot they person a lawful close to be." Since the FedEx organisation halfway is simply a restricted facility, Vidro had nary close to beryllium there, constabulary said. In fact, cops argued, it was Padgett who had "full ineligible standing" and had "no work to retreat."

Investigators besides noted that Vidro continued to travel Padgett portion the unfortunate repeatedly tried to get distant from the situation.

"The signifier of behaviour documented successful this probe — including Vidro tracking Padgett and [his girlfriend] crossed aggregate locations, appearing uninvited astatine a restricted backstage property, and repeatedly closing region contempt Padgett's attempts to retreat — is accordant with the elements of aggravated stalking," detectives wrote. "Florida instrumentality does not widen Stand Your Ground protections to a idiosyncratic engaged successful transgression enactment astatine the clip unit is used."

Police arrested Vidro and took him to the Palm Beach County Jail wherever helium remains without bond. His adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for May 18.

A GoFundMe organized by Padgett's household called him a "loving father, hubby and devoted household man."

"He was a existent go-getter who cared profoundly astir those astir him. Above all, helium was an unthinkable begetter to his 3 children Niya, Ty'Darrius, and Ava who meant everything to him," the statement said.