Authorities say two men opened fire after workers confronted them over stolen tools at a job site.
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Police on Wednesday identified two men accused of shooting window installers at a Winter Park construction site, saying the case began with stolen tools and ended with an 18-mile chase, hospitalizations and a first court appearance without bond.
Investigators say the violence unfolded Tuesday afternoon at a home under construction on Overlook Road, where a crew was installing windows. According to Winter Park police, workers confronted two men who were taking tools from the property. The suspects then fired, striking two adult men before driving away. The case quickly drew attention across Central Florida because it moved from a neighborhood work site to a multi-agency pursuit ending in Lake Mary. By Wednesday, police had identified the suspects as Frederick Callaway and James Robinson and announced six charges tied to the shooting and chase.
The first calls for help came shortly before 4 p.m. Officers who reached the 200 block of Overlook Road found two wounded workers and began securing the area. Winter Park Fire Rescue took both men to a hospital, where police later said they were in stable condition. Coworkers filled in much of the scene that investigators were still piecing together. Javier Riano, whose company was working there, said his crew had been upstairs when a suspicious car outside caught their attention. When workers went down to check, he said, they found men taking tools from the home. “That’s when the guys walked behind him and confronted him,” Riano said.
From there, the scene changed in seconds. Perez, another worker at the site, said he noticed the theft first and warned the rest of the crew. He told local media he was about six feet from the suspects when the gunfire started. He said he threw himself to the ground after the first shot and then stayed beside the injured workers as they waited for paramedics. Riano later described the wounds in stark detail, saying one employee was hit three times and another multiple times. He said both men went into surgery and remained in significant pain afterward. Their names have not been publicly released in the reporting so far.
The setting made the shooting especially jarring. Overlook Road sits in a residential part of Winter Park, not in a remote industrial zone. Television footage from the scene showed police and fire crews clustered near the house, with bullet casings and equipment still visible hours after the attack. Neighbor Vivy Day said the first sounds were easy to mistake for construction noise. “We heard three gunshot sounds, but I thought it was a nail gun thing,” she said, before realizing something far more serious had happened. Another neighbor said the workers seemed to be protecting the tools they depend on to make a living.
Police said the suspects fled in a green Ford Fusion. From there, the case became a pursuit spanning county lines. Local reports said the chase ran more than 10 miles and roughly 18 miles before ending near Lake Mary Village off Lake Mary Boulevard. Witnesses there said law enforcement vehicles converged quickly and officers took two men into custody near the shopping plaza entrance. One bystander said he saw equipment sticking out of the suspects’ car, though police had not publicly listed recovered items in the reporting available Wednesday. What was known by then was the route: from a job site in Winter Park to a high-profile arrest scene in Lake Mary.
Authorities said Callaway, 37, and Robinson, 28, are charged with attempted felony murder, armed burglary of a structure, armed robbery, discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of any person, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, and discharging a firearm in public. WKMG reported the men made their first court appearance Wednesday and were being held without bond at the Seminole County Jail. Police have not publicly answered every question about the encounter, including who fired which shots or whether additional forensic evidence could affect the final charging decisions. Winter Park police said the investigation remains active.
The aftermath is unfolding on two tracks at once. One is legal, as prosecutors begin moving the case through the courts. The other is personal, as the injured workers face recovery after being shot during a workday. Riano said the incident shook his entire crew and changed the way some of them now think about going back to job sites. He said the men were simply there to do their jobs when the theft turned violent. His account, echoed by neighbors and coworkers, has made the case resonate beyond a single neighborhood, raising the profile of what police described as a straightforward property crime that became a shooting in broad daylight.
As of Wednesday evening, the two suspects were in custody and the workers were recovering. The next major developments are expected from future court hearings and any additional case details released by Winter Park police or prosecutors.
Author note: Last updated March 25, 2026.