A Kissimmee man who became a national symbol of wrongful conviction after his release from a New York prison is seeking immunity under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law in a July road-rage shooting case in Osceola County.
Attorneys for Richard Rosario, 50, argue he acted in self-defense when shots were allegedly fired from his vehicle during a confrontation with another driver on South Poinciana Boulevard on July 29. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
Rosario is charged with shooting into a vehicle, shooting from a vehicle, discharging a firearm in public and improper exhibition of a firearm. According to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a shooting report after a 29-year-old man said he was driving southbound near Crescent Lakes Way at about 4 p.m. when a road-rage encounter occurred between his vehicle and a Jeep Wrangler. The victim reported hearing several thumping sounds and feeling a burning sensation on his neck. Investigators say multiple rounds struck the vehicle, with one bullet grazing the victim’s neck. He declined medical treatment…