Man killed in Delaware with gun stolen from Florida sheriff's office identified by police

A 53-year-old man killed Saturday evening in a road rage-related shooting with a gun stolen from a Florida sheriff’s office has been identified by police as Michael Coffey, of Marydel.

Joel Reynoso, 27, of Henderson, Maryland, has been charged with first-degree murder in relation to Coffey's death, according to Delaware State Police.

Reynoso was driving a 1998 Nissan Frontier pickup westbound on Halltown Road when he nearly hit a 2020 Dodge Durango driven by Coffey, police said.

Reynoso, according to police, had been driving in an aggressive manner.

Coffey passed Reynoso, stopped in the roadway and forced Reynoso to stop the pickup.

The two men started fighting until witnesses separated them, police said.

Coffey returned to Reynoso's pickup to retrieve his baseball hat that fell during the fight. That's when police said Reynoso fired a single round from a handgun, striking Coffey in the torso.

State police responded to the area south of Hartly about 6:20 p.m. and found Coffey in the roadway, suffering from a gunshot wound. Coffey was taken to an area hospital where he died.

Reynoso, who had remained in his vehicle, was taken into custody by troopers without incident.

Troopers recovered a black handgun from the dashboard of Reynoso's Nissan and learned it was reported stolen out of Florida's Orange County Sheriff's Office in 2015.

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Reynoso was taken into custody and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on more than $1 million cash bail.

Delaware State Police's Homicide Unit is still investigating the incident. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective McDerby at 302-741-2821.

Contact Molly McVety at mmcvety@delawareonline.com. Follow her on Twitter @mollymcvety.

This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Delaware killing used stolen gun from FL sheriff's office: police