PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — An individual is within the hospital after being shot in a Punta Gorda neighborhood.
Punta Gorda Police had been referred to as to Mary Street and East Helen Avenue round 9:00 am Wednesday morning.
The neighborhood sits rights throughout the road from a faculty and proper behind a church. The college was placed on lockdown for about an hour as a precaution in accordance to police. However no youngsters had been at risk.
When strolling across the neighborhood, the individuals who reside within the space stated one thing like that is unusual and the neighborhood is “beautiful and historic.”
“It’s been probably 20-years since you heard some gunshots around here,” stated one neighbor who refused to be named. The man has lived within the neighborhood for the previous 43 years.
“Since I’ve been here, I have never heard any shootings out here,” said Kimberly Chambers, a resident in the neighborhood. “I feel like it’s safe for my kids to be out here, that’s why I picked this neighborhood.”
Chambers had lived in the neighborhood for the past two years with her children and grandchildren she was surprised to see her calm neighborhood swarmed by the Punta Gorda Police Wednesday morning.
“I just pulled up and saw some police officers and I saw some feet in the doorway, other than that I mind my business,” Chambers stated.
Police had been referred to as to the house proper down the road from Chambers’ house as a result of somebody was affected by a gunshot wound within the thigh.
“I don’t know him all all,” Chambers said. “ but wether we know each other or not we speak.”
The unidentified sufferer was transported to the hospital, and Fox 4 hasn’t obtained an replace on the particular person’s situation. However Punta Gorda Police stated there are no suspects.
Fox 4’s crime reporter Briana Brownlee requested police if there was an accident or self inflected, police stated they cannot reply that at the moment as a result of the case continues to be underneath investigation.
“It’s not that type of neighborhood,” said Mu Jahad, a man who has lived in the neighborhood for all his life. “Shooting is not a big thing here.”
Even though there are still many questions surrounding the shooting everyone in the neighborhood is hoping for the same thing.
“Isolated incident, I hope he is okay,” Jahad stated.
“Thank God he’s alive,” Chambers stated.
If you have got any information about this crime contact Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-8477