A man in Florida was arrested after firing a BB gun at a drone as it flew overhead, discovering later that it was actually a police drone.
The incident happened last week in Lehigh Acres, as the Lee County Sheriff’s Office flew a first responder drone assisting an operation looking for a bear in the area, when it honed in on a man carrying a gun.
Video taken by the drone shows Elvin Antonio Callejas-Serrato, 26, pointing the firearm at it, with police claiming he fired two shots. It’s unclear whether the drone was struck.
In police body cam footage, a deputy approached the men informing them they’d fired at a police drone and took the suspect into custody.
The man, who was later released from jail, faces second-degree felony charges of “shooting or throwing deadly missiles into an aircraft;” however, the incident left many questioning whether it’s illegal to shoot drones flying over private property.
“It is a little alarming to see, like, oh, who’s, like, and kind of invading my privacy and things like that, like, and you don’t know where it’s coming from,” Lehigh Acres resident Peyton Matthews told Gulf Coast News.
Social media users were likewise perturbed by the man’s arrest.
“If a drone is hovering outside your window filming you you’re just supposed to do NOTHING?” [sic] questioned X user @Ravious101.
“How the heck are you supposed to know if it’s cops or some creep invading your privacy?” he wrote, adding, “this raises a HUGE question about 4th Amendment rights in the sky.”
How do you determine who the spying drone belongs to, a pervert?, Thief, rapist or murderer?. Then Police roll up and say its ours, you under arrest…No, put fucking red and blue lights and a siren on it then maybe we can talk. Too many fucking weirdos around to allow drones to…
— Yeti (@AlmostYeti) June 21, 2026
Yeah that’s bullshit. The government doesn’t get to invade privacy through aerial means.
— Freed Ninja (@freezymfe) June 21, 2026
If I saw a drone flying over my property I would do the same. For all I know it’s a threat and if it’s over my property unannounced then violators will be shot.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) commented, “Gutless Congress blocked my bill addressing this,” referring to his Defense Against Drones Act, which would have allowed property owners to fire on drones flying up to 200 feet above their land.
Others noted a law is already in place (the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act) requiring police to obtain warrants before flying drones over private property for surveillance, with the exception of emergencies or search/rescue operations.
In a statement, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said their drone was clearly designated as a police drone, complete with a sheriff’s office logo and flashing blue and red lights “that remain activated throughout the duration of each flight.”
“The program operates under strict policies, state and federal regulations, and is not used for random surveillance of law-abiding residents,” the department added.
Interviewed by Gulf Coast News, tech consultant John Joyce remarked the man should have been able to identify the drone as law enforcement, noting “if it’s sufficiently far away that you can’t tell, you should still probably be avoiding it and not, say, throwing things at it or shooting things at it.”
Meanwhile, FAA drone safety expert Michael den Hartog told WINK that “consumer small drones are becoming less and less prevalent,” while “A lot of fire life safety people are using drone technology.”
“So, just seeing a drone zip across the sky above you, we’re a new century now, and that’s going to be commonplace,” he added.
In other law enforcement drone news, police in Sacramento, Calif., recently used a drone outfitted with a magnet to disarm a suspect holding a knife.
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This is trumps republicans who are working with gates to spy on you we heard the republican woman a while back saying they would release drones to observe gates mosquitos? I think the video was on here. Well guess where this r bitch was talking about? that’s right Lee County Florida – Local Florida Initiatives: In conservative-leaning areas like Lee County, Florida, local mosquito control districts utilize drones to release large quantities of male mosquitoes. They want to spy on hillbilly patriots trump is anti patriot and you can bet all will be on the terrorist database
A good thing about being surrounded, you can fye in all directions
Fye at Will, bb’s are expensive same with pellets, Roman Candles wont do shidd, ok ok Ill come up with a solution, with out costing 10 trillion $,gd mofrs
Does EMP bombs count as a solution??? Or will it fuck up tvs so these bitches and hoes cant want the view???
Don’t you just love the govt folks?
This is exactly what you get when you vote for a Republican or a Democrat, and it never makes a difference!
If you really want this BS to go away, you need to embrace ANARCHY, and away it will go as BS just like this would never survive under Anarchy.
Tell that to some ukraine terrorist.
They have bombs on drones you ass.
Joke n a half. Time to add alot more drone laws?
There are countless videos on YT of cops harassing people for flying drones in park. They claim it violates privacy and is illegal. Watch how fast that mentality among police does a 180 degree flip overnight with the majority saying it’s perfectly legal for THEM not US. And because more people will start firing on those drones as they are more brazenly used for warrantless and illegal spying, watch people start getting charged with assault on a peace officer (i.e., the drone) because it’s “em[de]ployed” by the police department.
there is alot more to this than “laugh at the subhuman trash”.. if someone flew one of those things over my head while in a private area I’d be shooting, throwing rocks.. whatever to get rid of this invasion of my property.
cops are out of hand and need reigned in.
calling it an aircraft is crap.. its a toy with a camera!
LMFAO look at the total mutt trash 😂
Mystery meat shitskin hybrids acting like total white trash 🤭
Imagine acting like shitskin savages shooting arrows at “sky demons” 😭
Imagine acting like tribal savages hurling arrows at “sky demons” 😭
Are you the drone operator?
LMFAO look at the total mutt trash 😂
Mystery meat shitskin hybrids acting like total wh [i] te trash 🤭
Imagine acting like tribal s [a] vages shooting arrows at “sky demons” 😭