Florida prosecutors are weighing whether to file charges against a woman who fatally shot an Army veteran during a tense dispute over a parking spot outside a Walmart.
Bart Diguglielmo, a 62-year-old retired staff sergeant, was killed just before 12:30 p.m. on June 30 outside the North Lauderdale supercenter after being shot by a woman who has not been publicly identified.
Authorities said the woman stayed at the scene until law enforcement arrived and told investigators she fired in self-defense.
“The case has been formally presented to our office by the Broward Sheriff’s Office,” a spokesperson for the Broward State Attorney’s Office told The Post on Thursday.
“Prosecutors will thoroughly review all of the evidence to determine if any charges will be filed.”
Footage circulated on social media shows the apparent confrontation, with a woman in a white shirt getting out of her vehicle while holding a gun and exchanging words with a man in a gray shirt — believed to be Diguglielmo — who had walked toward her.
According to video obtained by WPLG, the two shoppers can be seen gesturing and pointing at one another during the argument, and at one stage Diguglielmo lifts his arms while they stand in an empty parking space.
The video appears to show Diguglielmo moving after the woman around another vehicle as she points the gun in his direction — moments before a single shot is heard and he falls to the pavement.
The veteran was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
911 calls released Wednesday captured terrified bystanders alerting authorities to the shocking daytime shooting.
“The lady pulled out a weapon, looks like she shot somebody, and it’s in the Walmart shopping center,” one man told a dispatcher, according to NBC 6 South Florida.
“She’s still got the gun out, okay, she just shot somebody.”
“Somebody just got shot at Walmart!” another caller screamed. “He’s on the floor, he’s on the floor right now.”
Diguglielmo’s sister described her brother as a decorated war veteran who served during Operation Desert Storm, according to CBS News Miami.
