Action News Jax and WOKV identified the tow truck driver fatally shot at the Sanctuary Walk apartment complex in Jacksonville on May 26 as Oliver Lopez, owner of Oliver Towing I-95 LLC, and reported that Florida statute prevented him from carrying a firearm at the time of the killing, according to WOKV. The family said in a statement that 'Oliver was a very hard-working guy and a great friend, a great brother and a loving father.'
Operator takeaway
The Florida-statute angle is going to feed a national conversation about which operators in which states can lawfully carry on the job. Know your own state's rules before your next hire conversation, because that question is coming.