Florida man called fellow gym-goers ‘weak’ and then he lifted his shirt, removed a gun, pointed it at them, and pulled the trigger

WFTV Channel 9 reporter Nick Papantonis described it as the kind of scene people still struggle to picture inside a gym: a man allegedly taunting strangers, calling them “weak,” then lifting his shirt, pulling out a handgun, pointing it at people nearby, and pulling the trigger.

Police say the gun didn’t fire, and that malfunction may be the only reason the story doesn’t end with bodies on the floor.

The incident happened at the Crunch Fitness on State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs, and Papantonis reported that investigators believe this wasn’t some careless flash of anger that ended in an accidental display of a weapon. They say it looked planned…

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