One Person Shot in Orange County Near UCF, Gunman at Large

Police are searching for a gunman who shot one person near the University of Central Florida on Tuesday night.

According to Wesh news, a man was shot as he tried breaking up a fight between a man and woman in a parking lot behind Wend’s on Alafaya Trail and Colonial Drive.

A passerby saw a couple fighting inside a car and walked up to the vehicle to try and stop the fight, according to Wesh. Another man then approached the car and shot the good Samaritan, police told Wesh.

Police told Wesh that the victim was “stomped” by the shooter, the man who was fighting with his girlfriend, and another person before they fled in two separate vehicles, leaving the victim on the ground.

The victim was taken to the hospital and is talking to investigators.

Wesh reports that one person was arrested in relation to this incident but it is not the shooter.