Hamilton County Florida on June 18 2021 the Florida Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the I-75 Highway in the area of the 429 mile marker in response to reports of a wrong way driver the driver later identified as Rishi Buckmaster was driving a stolen black Kia sedan in the Northbound lanes while driving southbound the troopers were alerted to the incident by multiple callers including the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and the joint Regional communications center the vehicle was spotted on state CCTV live cameras which allowed the FHP Troopers to track its movements even though it was several miles ahead of them as the Troopers approached the I-75 I-10 interchange they noticed a black Kia on the shoulder of northbound I-75 which appeared to have missed the on-ramp to I-10 the Troopers turned on their lights and Sirens but the vehicle started moving North on the paved emergency shoulder at a slow speed the trooper drove close to the vehicle to Signal them to stop but the driver did not comply the vehicle continued to travel and accelerated leading to a high-speed Pursuit any long 117 6 1093 traffic [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] there is traffic [Music] about 120. [Music] [Music] 00 [Music] moving foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] oh yeah foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] 130 miles thank you [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] what's going on [Music] we were [Music] you know you know how to say bugs oh ouch [Music] Buckmaster attempted to carjack several vehicles at the gas station after a high-speed Pursuit he exposed a firearm in his waistband while attempting to open the door to a Jeep Cherokee Hamilton County Sheriff deputies deployed two tasers and found a loaded firearm on the ground near Buckmaster he was taken into custody and charged with multiple offenses Buckmaster was charged with several crimes including attempted carjacking with a firearm grand theft of three specified properties fleeing a police officer in a high-speed Pursuit carrying a concealed firearm displaying a weapon or firearm during a felony resisting an officer without violence improper exhibition of a firearm reckless driving causing property damage or personal injury and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol which was his first offense during an interview at the Hamilton County Jail Buckmaster was read his Miranda rights but appeared confused and paranoid he repeatedly asked if he would be hurt or killed and made statements unrelated to the subject Rishi never clarified why he took the vehicle and could not provide a clear reason for driving in the wrong direction he declined to perform field sobriety exercises and provided a urine sample his behavior was consistent with someone under the influence of a substance and he denied taking any medication for Behavioral Health on December 1st 2021 Buckmaster was adjudicated guilty of the offenses of attempted carjacking with a firearm grand theft of three specified properties fleeing a police officer in a high-speed Pursuit and carrying a concealed firearm according to court records Buckmaster was sentenced to 80 months of imprisonment