A fight erupted after twenty or more people swarmed the streets of a UCF area apartment with knives, bats and crowbars. It ended when one teenage male was shot.
Just moments after 5 p.m., Orange County Sheriffs deputies arrived at East Lake Apartments on University Blvd., responding to the reports of violence.
What they found when they arrived was a young Hispanic male in his teens nursing a gun shot wound to his face. All of the suspects had fled.
The call came out shortly after UCF’s historic homecoming win over the Houston Cougars, but even though the shooting happened just down the road from UCF, it does not appear any way related to celebrations of UCF’s win.
During their investigation, deputies soon learned that two families living in the apartments have been fighting over the past couple of days. Residents, who chose to not appear on camera, told Knight News that they saw gangs of kids walking around with bats, but did not think anything of it.
A frantic mother of one of the suspects, stated that a group of people tried to break into her home. She said that’s why her family chased the group out into the street.
The sheriff’s office has reason to believe this is not an actual gang, but merely a large group of people. The victim was hospitalized, and his condition is stable at this time.
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