A 19-year old Sumter County teenager has been arrested after firing shots at two off-duty Hernando County Sheriff’s Office deputies who were attempting to buy a couple of jet skies they had found on a popular buying website.

Around 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday July 7, Sumter County deputies rushed to 6981 CR 219 after receiving a call that shots were fired. When they arrived, two off-duty Hernando County deputies tell investigators how they had driven to Wildwood on their day off to look at two jet skies they had found for sale on a offerup listing the jet skies at $10,000.

In a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office report, the Hernando deputies explain that when they arrived at the sellers address one went to the door and the other was looking at the jet skies. The men were then approached from the southeast side of the residence by 19-year old Terrence Terrell Jones Jr., who was brandishing a semi-automatic gun at the off-duty deputies.

Jones held the men at gunpoint and demanded they get on the ground says the arrest report.

The report goes on to say that the off-duty Hernando County Deputies told Jones they were police officers and drew their firearms in self-defense. Jones then shot at them and they returned fire. Jones received a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his leg.

The off-duty deputies, who wish to remain un-named, are safe and unharmed.

Deputies on the scene spoke with the homeowner who revealed that he heard arguing and gunshots outside but did not know what was happening. The homeowner did say the jet skies were his but the listing on offer was fake and his jet skies were not for sale.

Jones, who lives in Coleman, was arrested and charged with 2 counts of robbery, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a weapon by a felon and two counts of crimes against a person. He is being held on a no-bond status.

There was another suspect who was seen fleeing the scene and is still at large.