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Polk Paramedic Accused Of Firing Gun While Driving

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By LISA A. DAVIS

ldavis@tampatrib.com

Published: December 19, 2008

DADE CITY - A Polk County paramedic was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Pasco County deputies, accused of shooting his gun while driving his truck.

Jeffrey Allan Morgan, 33, of Dade City, was driving his 2004 GMC Sierra on Curley Road about 12:15 p.m. when witnesses saw him firing a handgun, a sheriff's office report states. A deputy stopped the truck at State Road 54 near Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Wesley Chapel.

Morgan told the deputy he was shooting at objects such as trees and telephone poles as he passed them but stopped shooting when he saw cars behind him, a report states.

Deputies found 36 spent casings and 146 unspent rounds in the truck, sheriff's office spokesman Kevin Doll said. There was a bullet hole in the dashboard, but Morgan told deputies it wasn't from Wednesday's incident.

Morgan was arrested on a felony charge of discharging a firearm in public from a moving vehicle. He was released from the Land O' Lakes Jail on Wednesday after posting $10,000 bail.

Polk Fire Chief David Cash said Morgan, who has been with the department since 2002 and also is a driver engineer, had been out of work for several days with a medical issue.

The department will determine whether the criminal case merits disciplinary action.

"At this moment, he's still a member with good standing," Cash said Thursday.

Reporter Lisa A. Davis can be reached at (727) 815-1083.

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