FORT PIERCE − Fort Pierce Police are investigating a shooting incident last week that killed a 27-year-old man, a police spokesperson said Monday.
The incident occurred about 7:18 p.m. Friday in the 2800 block of Dunbar Street, police spokesperson April Lee said. The location is just south of Avenue D and west of North 25th Street.
“Officers responded to the location in reference to a gunshot wound,” Lee said Monday. “When they got there they located a male who had been shot.”
Lee said the man, a 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident, was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce where he succumbed to his injuries.
The identify of the deceased was not released.
According to a police report, one person told investigators he was walking east on Dunbar Street to head to a store when he heard what sounded like fireworks. He turned and saw a person dressed in dark clothing shooting what appeared to be a handgun at a car parked at his home. He saw the person enter a dark sport utility vehicle and leave.
He ran to his home and saw the man who was shot exit a vehicle and fall to the ground.
Another person said the person who was shot had been delivering medication. He said a dark vehicle pulled up and a person exited and began shooting at the vehicle the victim was in.
No other information was immediately available.
Those with information are asked to contact Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-TIPS or Detective Kelvin Ramirez 772-828-0285 or kramirez@fppd.org.
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