A man who allegedly shot a FedEx driver seven times claimed self-defense after following the victim from Port St. Lucie to Riviera Beach in a highway road rage incident, according to police documents.
Tyler Vidro, 24, of Boynton Beach was arrested April 17 following the killing of Nathaniel Padgett, 34, a FedEx employee who was gunned down at the FedEx facility on Blue Heron Boulevard.
According to the arrest affidavit, the incident on April 16 began as a confrontation on Florida’s Turnpike South in Port St. Lucie. Padgett was driving his FedEx delivery truck with his girlfriend when Vidro allegedly pulled alongside their truck, lowered his window and made gestures attempting to provoke a confrontation. Padgett ignored the behavior and continued driving…