Shocking video shows the moment an Army veteran was gunned down, seemingly in a petty argument over a parking spot in a Florida Walmart.
The horrific cellphone footage begins with the 62-year-old victim, Bart Diguglielmo, seemingly exchanging angry words with an unidentified woman in the parking lot of the North Lauderdale store around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Local 10 News.
Diguglielmo slowly walks toward the woman as she backs away, with a vehicle pulling out from where they were arguing.
Suddenly, the woman pulled out a gun and shot Diguglielmo while he was still several feet away from her, with the footage showing him clutching his stomach before falling to the ground.
Diguglielmo, a New Jersey native, initially sits on the ground before he lies down and bleeds out, according to officials.
Following the shooting, the woman is seen placing the gun on top of a car while waiting for law enforcement to arrive — with witnesses reporting her screaming and crying.
However, she also taunted Diguglielmo while he lay bleeding out on the ground, investigators alleged of the deadly encounter that started over a fight about a parking spot.
When she was detained, the shooter claimed she was acting in self-defense, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Diguglielmo, a retired nurse and decorated veteran of Lauderhill, Florida, was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center where he later died of his injuries.
His daughter, Amanda, broke down in tears as she described her father as a “good man,” with whom she had recently worked on repairing their relationship.
“[Nobody] deserves to lose their life over a parking spot,” she told Local 10 in a tearful interview.
She also denied claims that her father had instigated the argument.
“Another [news site] says it was because my dad was making some type of advance towards the woman, which I will completely debunk because my dad is not that person. He’s not perfect, but not someone that would do this to this extreme,” she said.
Detectives are still carrying out their investigation into the deadly shooting, reviewing the cell phone footage to determine whether criminal charges will be filed against the shooter, the Broward County State Attorney’s Office said.
