Authorities say a warehouse confrontation escalated after a truck driver arrived hours late and was told he would have to wait.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A 67-year-old truck driver accused of choking and shooting a warehouse worker after arriving hours late for a delivery was arrested in Georgia and returned to Florida to face an attempted second-degree murder charge, according to authorities and an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.

David Crump is accused of firing at least one shot during the Aug. 26 confrontation at a warehouse in the 1700 block of Boice Pond Road. The worker was struck in the arm and taken to a hospital with injuries authorities described as not life-threatening. Investigators said video, witness accounts and information from the trucking company helped them identify and locate Crump after the shooting. He was later extradited to Orange County, where the latest verified reports reviewed for this article said he was being held without bond and had been appointed a public defender.

The dispute began with what investigators described as a routine delivery problem. The worker told detectives that Crump reached the warehouse several hours after his scheduled drop-off. By then, the employee was dealing with other customers who were also bringing loads to the site. The worker said he told Crump that he would have to wait because those customers were already being handled. According to the affidavit, that exchange became the starting point of an argument that soon moved well beyond a disagreement about scheduling.

The worker told investigators that Crump became upset and went back toward his truck. Authorities allege that Crump returned with a firearm. The employee began using his phone to record what was happening, according to his account in the affidavit. Investigators said the recording became an important part of the case because it documented at least some of the confrontation instead of leaving detectives to rely only on recollections given after the shooting.

Authorities said video showed Crump placing his hands around the worker’s neck during the confrontation. Investigators said Crump could be heard threatening to kill the employee while holding him around the neck. The affidavit also says Crump grabbed at the worker and his phone. The employee eventually tried to get away, according to investigators. Officials have not publicly released the complete recording, and the allegations about what it shows remain part of the criminal case rather than findings made at a trial.

A separate witness gave detectives an account of the physical fight. According to authorities, the witness saw the two men arguing in the warehouse parking lot and saw one of them holding a firearm. The affidavit said Crump punched the worker and that the worker punched him back. Investigators allege Crump then fired at least once. The bullet struck the employee in the arm. Other reporting on the affidavit said witnesses provided investigators with photographs and video from the confrontation, giving detectives material they could compare with the statements of the people involved.

The worker survived. Paramedics transported him to a hospital, where his injuries were considered not life-threatening, according to authorities. The available reports do not identify him, and officials have not publicly detailed his medical treatment beyond the arm injury. Investigators also said the worker could not identify Crump as the shooter when detectives later interviewed him. That limitation is significant because it separates the victim’s own identification from the other evidence authorities say connects Crump to the episode.

Crump left the warehouse in his semi-truck after the shooting, investigators said. He was working as a contractor connected with Road Dog Logistics, according to the affidavit as reported by Law&Crime. Authorities said he contacted the company after leaving and reported that there had been an “incident,” but he did not provide the company with a detailed account of what had happened. That communication gave investigators another point in the timeline as they tried to determine where the truck had gone.

The company was able to track the vehicle using its GPS system, authorities said. Location information showed the truck traveling north through Jacksonville and then crossing into Georgia. Police in Florida circulated information about the vehicle and the wanted driver. In Georgia, law enforcement officers located a truck matching the description connected to the Florida investigation. The interstate movement turned what began as a local warehouse shooting investigation into a coordinated effort involving authorities in two states.

Authorities said officers in Glynn County stopped the truck and took Crump into custody. Investigators later compared him with the person shown in the warehouse footage. The affidavit said detectives believed he matched the man seen in the video and also noted that he was wearing the same necklace visible in the recording. Those observations, together with the witness accounts and the truck’s GPS history, are among the pieces of evidence law enforcement cited in connecting him to the confrontation.

The allegations present investigators with several separate forms of evidence, but each has a different role. The victim described the dispute over the late delivery and said the driver went back to his truck before returning with a gun. A witness described the fight and shooting. Video allegedly captured the physical confrontation and threat. The employer’s GPS information documented the truck’s northbound travel after the episode. At the same time, the victim’s inability to personally identify Crump means prosecutors cannot rely on that identification and must prove the case through the total evidence presented in court.

Crump was returned to Florida and appeared before an Orange County judge. The latest verified reports located for this article said he was charged with attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, ordered held without bond and appointed a public defender. News reports at the time listed a Sept. 10 hearing as his next scheduled court appearance. A later disposition of the criminal case could not be independently confirmed from reliable material located during this review, and the charge remains an allegation unless proved in court.

Author note: Last updated Oct. 20, 2026.