this here, daniel santiago. he admitted to shouting at the inattentive driver when he allegedly ran the stop sign. deputies say that the car stopped and backed up back towards the intersection. that's when santiago says he was suddenly staring down the barrel of a gun. he says the driver mocked him were coming. of course the police happened to be right there. he says the driver stashed the gun in the glove box but deputies got to the car, made the arrest, and then found the gun. >> i just lost a son seven months ago. not to gun violence or anything like that. but i was, like, to me i was, like, wow i guess i am going to go join my son. if it wasn't for these guys i wouldn't be here right now to speak and have this interview with you. >> reporter: this here is the suspect brian cop 39 years old of tampa. he is now in jail on a $4,000 bond. he has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. we are in tampa tonight. evan axelbank, fox 13 news. >>> developing tonight, we now know just how

daniel santiago and a co-worker were riding their bikes to work tuesday on 20th street when he says a car ran a stop sign and almost hit him. he says that driver then pulled a gun on him! fortunately-- deputies were close by. this all happened right in front of a sheriff substation! santiago does admit to shouting at the driver, after almost getting hit. santiago says the driver mocked him when he said deputies were coming. he says the driver stashed the gun in the glove box, but deputies got to the car, made this is the man arrested, bryan copeland, 39 of tampa. he is in jail on a 4-thousand dollar bond. he has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. it's time to check the freezer this morning. one popular snack food... is facing a big recall. tyson foods is recalling 130-thousand pounds of fully cooked chicken nuggets because they may have the company says it's received compaints from several people who say they've found little plastic pieces. the nuggets are in five-pound bags. they have best by dates of july 18th, 20-17 and establishment number...

daniel santiago and a co-worker were riding to work this morning on twentieth street in tampa when he says a car ran a stop sign and almost hit him. he says the driver pulled a gun on him. but deputies we fox 13's evan axelbank is live tonight at the sheriff's department to give us more of this story. this sounds pretty outrageous. >> reporter: well certainly. and fortunately for the victim in this case he was standing right outside riding his bike right outside of a sheriff's sub-station when that car ran the stop sign. luckily for him, there were sheriff deputies who were outside in the parking lot just happened to be there. and they saw all of this go down. take a look. he admitted to shouting at the inattentive driver when he allegedly ran the stop sign. deputies say that the car stopped and backed up back towards the intersection. that's when santiago says he was suddenly staring down the barrel of a gun. he says the driver mocked him when he said that the police were coming. of course the police happened to be right there. he says the driver stashed the gun in the glove box but

they were outside we spoke with daniel santiago the victim who was riding his bike to work when the car ran the stop sign. he and hits friend, who was on the way to shouted at the driver. deputies who were outside here talking with other residents saw the car stop, back from up down the block and they started arguing. during that the driver pulled a gun on him out of the glove compartment. the deputy ran over and found the gun and made the arrest. >> i just lost a son seven months ago. wow i'll join my son. >> we cannot say all criminals are smart when they carry out the crimes. this was an unfortunate location for the suspect today. >> this is the suspect, brian cope copeland, 39 of tampa he has been charged withing a are aggravated adult. he is in jail on a 4000-dollar bond 16789 ed a the victim in the case told me that he was just were on hand here. he said they did amazing work to make you sure this went down wit a shot being fired. by the suspect for the deputies who responded. >> that's good news. >> thank you. >>> she was set to testify against the man who shot her but she was gu

daniel and co-worker freddie sanchez on their way to work. santiago says the driver later identified as brian copeland of tampa missed him by a few feet you doing. i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: he says copeland backed down 142nd and toward the intersection of 20th street which happens to be where a sheriff sub-station is. >> i knew there was going to be an issue. >> reporter: deputy montano says santiago started screaming. copeland he says pointed a gun at him. >> everything went through my head. i just lost a son seven months ago. not to gun violence or anything like that. but to m i'm going to join my son. >> reporter: then he says he stashed knit the glove box >> i tell him you have a gun. there's a cop. he laughs at me. >> reporter: the deputy called for back-up. >> this whole station emptied out. >> reporter: deputies made the arrest and found the gun. >> we can't say that all criminals are smart when they carry out their crimes but this definitely was an unfortunate location for the suspect today. >> reporter: santiago a maintenance worker