A University of South Florida football player who was charged after a weekend road rage incident has been dismissed from the team.
- Hassan Childs, 22, dismissed from football program
- He was shot Saturday after road rage incident
Spectrum Sports reports that Hassan Childs, 22, has been removed from the team per new coach Charlie Strong.
Childs was charged Monday with three counts of aggravated assault, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Childs was shot once in the upper body and twice in the arm Saturday night at the Eagles Point Apartments at Tampa Palms in what police described as a road rage incident.
Police said the incident began about 11:15 p.m. on Skipper Road. Jovanni Jimenez, 26, was driving home with his wife and son when, according to police, he noticed a Chevy Malibu tailgating him and attempting to pass him.
The Malibu was being driven by Childs, police said.
Jimenez pulled into an apartment complex to let the vehicle pass. Police said Childs pulled to the passenger side of Jimenez's vehicle and said that his wife saw Childs pointing a silver firearm toward their vehicle.
Jimenez continued to drive toward his apartment, and, according to investigators, removed a gun from his waistband and placed it on the seat next to his leg.
Police said Childs continued to tailgate, and this time pulled to the driver's side of Jimenez's vehicle and pointed a handgun.
"In fear of his life and his family's life, Jovanni Jimenez fired three rounds at Childs," police said in a news release. "Childs was shot in the upper right arm, torso and beneath his arm."
Jimenez then drove home and called 911, police said.