What began as a traffic stop over erratic driving in Ocala, Florida, escalated into a violent confrontation after a woman allegedly gave a deputy a false identity, slipped out of her handcuffs and later opened fire from the back seat of a patrol vehicle with a gun authorities say had been concealed on her body.

The June 23, 2025, incident ultimately left both the Marion County sheriff’s deputy and the suspect with minor injuries and led to a series of serious criminal charges.

According to the footage, the woman was later convicted on all counts and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

A Routine Traffic Stop Begins With Suspicious Driving

The encounter began when a Marion County sheriff’s deputy noticed a Ford Mustang stopped at an intersection before moving through the center of it and nearly striking his patrol vehicle.

The deputy turned around and followed.

Moments later, the Mustang reached another stop sign but failed to stop properly, coming to a halt only after much of the vehicle had already crossed the stop bar.

Instead of immediately pulling over, the driver continued to a residence and began honking the horn, apparently trying to get people inside the house to come outside.

When the deputy approached, the woman told him she had been heading to the residence and suggested she wanted her father to come outside.

The deputy asked why she had not stopped sooner.

She replied that she was already near the house and had simply continued there before pulling over.

At first, the conversation remained relatively calm.

That changed when the deputy asked for her driver’s license.

The Deputy Realizes the ID Does Not Match

The woman initially identified herself as Briana and presented a driver’s license.

But the deputy quickly became suspicious.

He told her that she did not look like the person pictured on the license.

He asked her to spell her name and provide her date of birth. He also noticed that her eye color did not appear to match the woman shown on the identification.

The driver attempted to explain the difference as a result of makeup.

The deputy was not convinced.

He ordered her to put down her phone and told her she was being detained because she was not being truthful about her identity.

He also explained the original reason for the stop: improper driving at the stop sign and crossing partially into the deputy’s lane earlier in the encounter.

The woman was handcuffed and placed in the rear of the patrol vehicle.

The deputy then read her Miranda rights.

Afterward, he revealed why he was certain the identification was false.

He had stopped the woman named on the license only days earlier.

She Finally Gives Her Real Name

The deputy gave the woman a choice: provide her real identity or be taken to jail until authorities could determine who she was.

She then gave another name.

When asked why she had used her best friend’s identity, the woman denied having active warrants but eventually acknowledged that her driver’s license was suspended.

The deputy directly questioned her logic.

“So, you gave me a fake name because you are suspended?” he asked.

The woman explained that she had recently been released from prison and said she had been trying to rebuild her life, working three jobs and paying off expenses related to her vehicle.

Her explanation, however, did not resolve the situation.

The deputy continued searching her and asking about possible drugs.

The transcript later indicates that authorities discovered suspected narcotics and drug paraphernalia, allegations that would eventually become part of the criminal case.

Then another problem emerged.

She Slips Out of the Handcuffs

While seated in the back of the patrol vehicle, the woman managed to slip out of her handcuffs.

According to the narration, she began moving around inside the vehicle and appeared to be attempting to escape.

Later, the deputy opened the patrol car and noticed her placing something on the rear seat.

He called another officer over and explained that she had gotten free from the cuffs.

The woman continued asking for fresh air and for the windows to be lowered, saying she was hot.

The deputy became increasingly suspicious.

He noted that the air conditioning was already running cold and told another officer that he believed she had something concealed in the back seat.

“Whatever you have, I’m going to find,” he told her.

What the deputy did not yet know was that the most dangerous item had apparently been missed during the earlier search.

A Hidden Gun Changes Everything

At approximately 20:37 in the footage, the narration reveals the critical development.

During what appeared to be a routine transport to jail, the woman allegedly produced a firearm that had been hidden in her crotch area and had not been detected during the deputy’s initial pat-down.

Seconds later, the deputy reported shots fired.

He radioed dispatch from U.S. 441 and told them that the woman had begun firing at him from inside the back seat.

The deputy moved away from the patrol vehicle and took cover near a concrete barrier.

At one point, he believed he had been shot in the face.

Another officer later described the injury as a graze wound.

Meanwhile, the woman remained inside the patrol car and was reportedly trying to get out.

Additional deputies arrived and approached using ballistic shields.

They ordered her to keep her hands visible and eventually commanded her to exit the car and lie on the ground.

She told officers she had thrown the gun out of the window.

Police located the firearm nearby.

Both Deputy and Suspect Suffer Minor Injuries

After the woman was secured, officers checked her for injuries.

She complained of pain near her shoulder and asked whether she had been shot.

Deputies examined the area and initially described what they saw as a scratch or possible graze wound rather than a penetrating gunshot wound.

Investigators also found apparent projectile damage inside the patrol vehicle.

The transcript later states that the deputy suffered a graze wound near his right eye, while the woman sustained minor injuries from the deputy’s return fire.

Both were hospitalized and later released.

Officers subsequently discussed how the weapon had escaped detection.

One deputy explained that because the gun had been concealed in an intimate area, the male deputy conducting the initial search had not found it. A female officer was later asked to conduct another search.

The Case Ends With a 40-Year Sentence

The consequences were severe.

According to the footage, the woman was charged with attempted second-degree murder of a law-enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, providing false identification to law enforcement, knowingly driving with a suspended license, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, along with another possession-related charge referenced in the closing narration.

Authorities also noted that she had a prior criminal history involving fleeing, theft, drugs and weapons.

She was initially held at the Marion County Jail without bond.

The case later ended with guilty findings on all charges and a 40-year prison sentence.

The transformation of the encounter was extraordinary.

A deputy initially stopped a Mustang because of poor driving.

Minutes later, he uncovered a false identity and a suspended license.

Then the woman escaped her handcuffs.

Finally, during transport, authorities say she pulled a concealed gun and opened fire from the back seat.

A traffic stop that might otherwise have ended with citations or an arrest for license-related offenses instead became an attempted-murder case — and ultimately resulted in decades behind bars.