A shooting at a gas station on South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando left one person injured Wednesday night, and the shooter ran off before deputies could catch up. The victim was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound that was not considered life-threatening and is in stable condition.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Kwik Stop at 2015 S. Orange Blossom Trail after the shooting, according to WESH. Deputies said one person was hurt in the gunfire and rushed to a hospital, where they remain stable. The suspect fled the scene before deputies arrived, the sheriff’s office said, and no description or arrest has been announced.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office. No further details about what led up to the gunfire have been released.
A Troubled Stretch of Road
This isn’t the first time violence has struck a Kwik Stop on this stretch of South Orange Blossom Trail. In 2020, deputies responding to a 911 call found a 38-year-old man with a life-threatening injury at the same 2015 S. Orange Blossom Trail address, as reported by the Orlando Sentinel. That victim, identified as Donnell Lamont Patrick of Orlando, was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, and his death was investigated as a homicide.
South Orange Blossom Trail has seen other gunfire in recent years as well. In a separate 2020 case, deputies told ClickOrlando they received multiple calls about a shootout on South Orange Blossom Trail near the Florida Mall, with a victim later found behind a nearby Walgreens on Sand Lake Road suffering from two gunshot wounds.
The corridor's history of gun violence stretches back further still. A WFTV report noted that in 2014 there were several shootings, some of them deadly, at or near a Kwik Stop location, and that Orange County deputies responded to the area nearly 50 times the following year, according to WFTV.
No arrests have been announced in Wednesday’s shooting, and the sheriff’s office has not released information about what led to the gunfire or a description of the suspect. Detectives are still working the case.
