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A Sunrise man turned himself into police early Sunday after authorities said he shot a passenger on a Broward County Transit bus in Plantation.
Michael V. Porter, 24, faces a charge of attempted first-degree murder.
Plantation police said Porter was riding the bus near Nob Hill Road and Broward Boulevard around 3 p.m. Saturday when he and another passenger got into an argument.
Surveillance video from the bus shows Porter and the other passenger trading insults and yelling each other to leave the bus. It's unclear what sparked the argument. A female passenger is heard in the background, urging the men to stop. "Please! Please!" the woman says.
As the argument escalates, the passenger tells Porter, "I will crush you."
Porter responds: "I will you. I swear to God. I have a gun," and then points his hand to mimic the shape of gun and blurts out "Bang, bang, bang."
The passenger then begins to punch Porter repeatedly, pushing him down into a seat. Police said Porter pulled out a gun and shot the man as he was standing over him.
"One guy got on top of another guy and started choking him, and then the other guy pulled out a gun and shot a round off," said Stephone Robinson, who was on the bus when the fight broke out.