‘Thank God I Got Out Alive,’ Says Student
KnightNews.com is getting multiple reports that a shooting happened at “The Plaza” across from UCF early Friday morning.
Crime scene tape was set up in the parking lot area surrounding Deko lounge. A manager with that bar told KnightNews.com that he received reports someone was shot in the shoulder — but it wasn’t deadly.
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UCF students inside the bar at the time were shocked.
“Thank God I got out alive,” Latoya Laing said on KnightNews.com’s Facebook post about the shooting. “Everything was fine. There was no fight, no argument nothing. Shots just went off and everyone ran. Someone said there was blood on the ground, but I didn’t see it. I just got out of there.”
By 2:30 a.m. only about a half-dozed squad cars from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office remained on scene. However, earlier on in the investigation, eyewitnesses told KnightNews.com they estimated about two dozen squad cars were on scene and that the shooting may have happened in or around the bar popular with UCF students.
A Deko employee told KnightNews.com the shooting happened during the club’s popular hip-hop night, where the club takes extra safety precautions by patting patrons down.
KnightNews.com is working to gather more on this story. If you were there or have information or pictures showing what happened, send them to news@knightnews.com.
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