A trucker’s dash cam was key to locating a suspect who opened fire on his semi truck near Lake Wales, Florida, last week.

Florida resident Mitchell Gens, 43, is facing felony charges of Attempted 2nd Degree Murder with a Weapon and Discharging a Firearm from a Vehicle.

The charges were issued following a shooting incident that occurred shortly before noon on March 21, 2025, on State Road 60 near Grape Hammock Road in Polk County, Florida.

A semi truck driver contacted police to report that a motorist had shot several rounds at his vehicle, which became disabled due to the damage from the gunfire.

The truck driver wasn’t injured, but police did discover four bullet holes his truck.

The truck driver showed police dash cam video from the incident, which helped police identify the suspect vehicle as a gray Ford F-150 pickup truck with a Punisher decal on the rear window.

Based on the image of the vehicle, police were able to identify Gens as a suspect.

From the Polk County Sheriff’s Office:

“A detective made phone contact with Gens, who confirmed that he had been driving on SR 60.  He also said that he fired two shots at the semi because the semi driver tried to run him off the road. Gens also admitted to removing the Punisher decal from his rear window because he knew deputies would be looking for him.

The detective investigating this case noted that the dash cam video from the semi-truck showed Mitchell Gens’ pickup truck was passing the semi-truck in a no-passing zone, and the semi-truck never tried running the Ford off the road as Gens claimed.“

After an arrest warrant was issued for Gens, he turned himself in to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on March 23, 2025.