Two men have critical injuries, and eight people have non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. This one want to be accurate on my answer. Um, can you talk about that in relation to this incident? Mass shootings surge in Florida as nation faces record high, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Um, but it's tough. We'd like to locate that vehicle. The lieutenant tried to enter the house but it was barricaded, Judd said. The shooting occurred in the area of Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street Monday afternoon around 3:43 p.m.. Taylor expected the search to continue through the evening. We have to, that is of the last report are in critical condition, One is in surgery and the other is either in surgery or headed to surgery and one was uh shot in the abdomen and the other one was shot in the face or the jaw area. So I don't know if there's Children. Judd said Riley stopped and told the man that he needed to speak to the man's daughter, Amber, because God warned him she was going to commit suicide. This is something that Does't happen in Lakeland. Lakeland police have said the incident was a targeted attack in a Lakeland neighborhood, CNN has reported. So let me give my detectives some time to digest that. According to a news release from the Lakeland Police Department, a drive-by shooting occurred just north of Bartow Road in midtown Lakeland late Monday afternoon. They located three victims who were shot on the scene and uh, several victims, the officers were told had been transported via personal vehicle and were no longer on the scene to Lakeland Regional Health. LAKELAND, Fla. - Ten people were injured during a drive-by shooting in a central Florida neighborhood, police said. Initially, nine people were reported shot, two of them in critical condition, but that was updated to 10 in a press conference hours later. On Tuesday, January 5, 2021, deputies were contacted by a family. The girl told deputies there were three dead people in the house. Judd said authorities were still searching for another young girl, "about 10 or 11 years old,"but there was no evidence that she was on scene. Lakeland police are searching for the vehicle and four suspects involved in a shooting that injured 10. Nine hours later, Judd said, a lieutenant about two miles away heard two volleys of gunfire from the area of the original call. On Iowa Avenue, just north of Plum Street, according to police. And when stuff like this happens, you know, it just kind of hits home with me *** little bit that, uh, you know, maybe we're not *** small town anymore and it actually is pretty sad. Aerial footage shows the scene Monday eveningAt least two different caliber weapons have been identified.Police said a school bus had dropped children off in the neighborhood about a minute before the shooting occurred.This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available. LAKELAND Ten people were shot in the area just east of Massachusetts Avenue in midtown Lakeland on Monday afternoon, barely a minute after a school bus dropped children off on the street, Lakeland police said. Is that difficult to say when it's you think *** targeted incident, Although you don't have any suspects arrested, What would you say to people who might be worried for their safety at this house? WFTS CNN The number of victims hurt in Monday's Lakeland,. LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County detectives were on the scene of a shooting investigation in Lakeland that resulted in two deaths Thursday afternoon. That's that's certainly he could have reported if he reported it. According to Lakeland police, there was a shooting about 3:45 p.m. Monday. Um, and whether that is significant or related to this, it's unknown right now that detectives are still trying to get through that process. Um, and some are telling us everything that they know about it, we believe. So any indication about how many there are the process of doing that. Mass shootings:MLK Day shooting in Fort Pierce is 30th mass shooting in U.S. so far this year. Investigators said the shooting happened near Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street around 3:43 p.m. Police said there are 10 victims, two with critical injuries and eight with non-life-threatening injuries. Want more of our free, weekly newslettersinyourinbox? We typically don't call *** press conference at seven o'clock at night. Many press conferences and we called at seven o'clock on *** monday night. Shortly after 6 p.m., police tape surrounded a vacant lot at the corner of Plum and Iowa and blocked Iowa Avenue from Plum Street to the gated Laurel Oaks apartment complex about 100 yards to the north. Serrano was sentenced to death in 2006. If you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000. Um, for those of you that know me and I know quite *** few of you that are sitting around here. Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor said the shooting happened in the 900 block of North Iowa Avenue near Plum Street at around 3:43 p.m. Monday. I would sell it to every police chief in the nation and we would all uh implement that. But I mean gun violence in general, do you guys have *** solution to preventing these and stopping these kind of shootings? We did not, we did not have *** second scene. According to his girlfriend of four years, whom he lived with in Brandon, Riley had PTSD and was occasionally depressed but never violent. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. I don't have any indication that those kids were in the neighborhood. Um, it actually um, saddened me to some extent that, uh, you know, we consider ourselves to be *** small town, some, you know, situated between Tampa and Orlando. It's certainly within the realm of possibilities. No one is in custody at this time but investigators have some very promising leads and at least one suspect identified, said the chief. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-226-8477 or submit a tip online at www.heartlandcrimestoppers.com. Screengrab of an aerial video in Lakeland, Fl. Pictured: Scene of Lakeland shooting that left 10 injured. According to a witness who asked to be identified only as Dex, he heard 13 shots. Lakeland Police Chief Sammy. I don't know if it's as *** result of uh, I don't, I don't know what is as *** result of, I don't know, we'll figure that out, but I don't, I don't suspect there's *** drug, we know this is the first incident happened Now, certainly we're gonna be on heightened alert the rest of the evening, you know, for some sort of retaliatory at if that if that comes and, you know, then maybe we can have that conversation. Police responded to calls of a shooting at a location near Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street at 3:43 p.m. All the victims were adult men between 20 and 35 years old, according to Taylor. by: Katlyn Brieskorn, Dylan Abad, Jack Royer. 'It was an intentional act': Lakeland mass shooting leaves 10 injured, 2 in critical condition, what I'm gonna tell you is the information that we know as of one minute ago. The car was located in a West Lakeland neighborhood Tuesday morning, Taylor said, and police "have a high level of confidence" that it's the car used in the attack. Investigators said the shooting happened just after 3 p.m. on the 3100 block of US-92 near Fish Hatchery Road in an unincorporated area of Lakeland. Um, you know, it's, it's it's *** random that and my mother said it's disappointed. Three of the victims were transported, as I said by emergency medical services. Um, we don't, we don't believe there's any reason that the public would need to be um concerned right now. So we initially notified you guys, we thought we had nine victims. The shooting took place at 3:43 p.m. near Iowa Avenue and Plum Street, an area Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor described as a "challenged" neighborhood the Police Department has paid a lot. It's rental *** lot of rental properties in there. Police said the shooting wasn't random and the victims were targeted. Um, we did locate *** quantity of marijuana at the scene, which would indicate that obviously there were some narcotic sales or sales of marijuana going on at the time. This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available. Eleven men were shot in Lakeland, which is located outside of Tampa, on Monday. appreciated. I'm being very careful with my answer. We don't know that. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Police investigate a shooting in Lakeland, Fla., on Monday that injured 10 people. "We have people were very interested in. Major thoroughfare. Taylor said when police arrived, they found three victims on the scene, and witnesses told them seven more had been rushed to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center via private cars. "It was an intentional act," Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor said. drive-by shooting occurred just north of Bartow Road in midtown Lakeland, Ten people shot in midtown Lakeland, a few blocks north of downtown, police say, MLK Day shooting in Fort Pierce is 30th mass shooting in U.S. so far this year. He spentfour years in the Corps before being honorably discharged. Lakeland Police are continuing their search for four suspects involved in a drive-by shooting that injured 11 people Monday afternoon. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WPBF-TV. The Heartland Crime Stoppers Florida is offering up to $5,000 to anyone with information that leads to the identification and arrest of the shooting suspects, LPD said. While under surveillance, Greene got into a white Chevrolet Silverado and attempted to flee from officers, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. 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"Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop," he said. But in 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Floridas death penalty process unconstitutional and opened the door for Serrano, and others on death row, to be resentenced. It appears it was occupied by four shooters in the vehicle and they started firing from all four windows of the vehicle and shooting males on both sides of the street. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the police department. No one else was injured in the pursuit, which we are all grateful for, Judd said. No suspects have been publicly identified and no one is in custody, however "we have people we are very interested in," Taylor said at a Tuesday morning press conference. Um there are there are things that that have been tried all over the country and if I had *** solution to it, I probably wouldn't be standing here. Four people, including a juvenile, were found dead in a Brevard County home, according to sheriffs office. Lakeland shooting:Ten people shot in 'targeted attack' in midtown Lakeland, a little north of downtown, Tuesday update:Number of shooting victims rises to 11 as Lakeland police say they found the suspects' car. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the shootings took place at 4:30 a.m. in two separate houseson the same property. So the victims involved, uh, there they do, they were sitting outside on the sides of each side of the roadway. While being treated, Judd said, "he jumped up and tried to grab the Lakeland police officer's gun, and they had to fight with him again in the emergency room.". Firearms were among the items found incident the car, he said. So so. Um, um, and we will have to find out exactly why they were sitting out there. "We have reason to believe this was a targeted event, that it was not a random act," Taylor said. According to police, two victims are critically injured and nine face non-life-threatening injuries. One was shot in the abdomen, the other in the area of the jaw. Discovery Company. Obviously after the shooting, the vehicle left at *** high rate of speed northbound on Iowa Avenue made an eastbound term memorial boulevard and we are actively searching for that vehicle. (WFLA) Initially, police believed there were 10 victims in all, but later learned an additional person arrived. Police said a school bus had dropped children off in the neighborhood about a minute before the shooting occurred. Taylor said LPD does not think there's reason for the public to be worried for their safety. Lakeland police released this Ring doorbell video on Tuesday showing the drive-by shooting on Iowa Avenue that wounded 11 people, two critically. Several others who were shot weren't on scene when officers arrived and were taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle, the Lakeland Police Department said. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. He then went to the rear of the house and entered,exchanging gunfire with the suspect before backing out of the house. The suspects, who appeared to be wearing masks or face coverings, were riding in a dark blue, four-door Nissan sedan with dark, tinted windows. 2. But we did have *** situation today where legislation was introduced that would allow um, permanently carrying concealed weapons. Deputies found Justice Gleason, 40, along with a 33-year-old female anda 3-month-old boydead from gunshot wounds. Polk County Sheriff's Office Polk County Sheriff's. Taylor described the neighborhood as challenged and said the police had focused a lot of attention on the area in recent years. Yeah, I could talk about it. So, and I apologize for the quality of the video, the photograph, that's the best we can come up with right now. Letsgetstarted. I don't know if this was reported, but one of the neighbors said that he heard three shots at that same location yesterday. They had dispersed and gone wherever they live at the time. Initially, nine people were. I don't want to say definitively, no, and I don't want to say definitively, yes. Now we had another one as we were at the hospital, another gentleman walked up and presented himself and he's got *** Ricochet Williams. Witnesses said another seven had been rushed to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center in private cars. Sure, good question. Um, certainly there's some chatter online about that and we're certainly cognitive that and aware of that. Um, with the block from florida Avenue is *** block from memorial boulevard and maybe maybe *** couple of blocks from florida is *** main thoroughfare. So, and we tried two or three different things. And like I said, things like this just don't happen in Lakeland. Authorities added that they located marijuana at the scene, hinting that marijuana was being sold at the time of the incident, but there is no information on whether the suspected sale of marijuana and the shooting are linked. The area is one block east of Massachusetts Avenue and just south of Memorial Boulevard. LAKELAND, Fla. - Investigators say 10 people were injured in a Lakeland shooting, and they are now searching for the vehicle involved and the shooters. 4 things you can do for your health, The State of Black Tampa Bay: An Exclusive Town Hall, Ybor speakeasy honors Madame Fortune Taylor, Ex got a warrant? Lakeland is located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Tampa. That's certainly *** possibility. Of the 10 victims, three were found on scene when officers arrived and were all taken to the hospital. Um, it's very important that we, we do both of those. Two victims in the Lakeland, Florida, shooting were critically injured. Judd said. All rights reserved. I just looked at some ring cellphone video 30 seconds before I came down here, there was *** four door Nissan and I'm gonna show you *** photograph of that we, that we took off the site. "We don't believe there's any reason the public should be concerned right now.". Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The Lakeland Police Department is investigating a shooting in Lakeland that left at least 11 people injured Monday afternoon. A neighbor at Laurel Oaks, who identified himself only as Dex, talked to TV reporters, describing the sound a steady pop, pop, pop in rapid succession, but not fast enough, he said, to be automatic weapons fire. Two men died as a result of the shooting, though . So, which is disappointing. Greene was transported to Winter Haven Hospital where he was declared dead. What I can tell you is is we did locate *** rifle in one of the vehicles at the hospital that one of the personal vehicles that was used to transport one of the victims in plain view. Shortly thereafter, Judd said things went silent and the suspect came out of the house with his hands up. We have a very safe city thats why this is so, um, shocking and jarring, I guess, for me personally, he said. The Polk County Sheriff's Office provided an update Sunday, Sept. 5, about a shooting that killed 4 dead and left an 11-year-old injured. Um The other Eight victims have non life threatening injuries. LAKELAND, Fla. - Investigators say 10 people were injured in a Lakeland shooting, and they are now searching for the vehicle involved and the shooters. He said all the victims were adult males between the ages of 20 and 35. So I think it's too early. LAKELAND, Fla. 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