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A Custody Exchange, an AR-15, and a Father Who Fired Back
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September 26, 2026
A routine Florida custody exchange erupted in gunfire when authorities say the mother’s boyfriend opened fire with an AR-style rifle. The father fired back. The children escaped unharmed. And the case exposes a blind spot even Florida’s safe-exchange law…