A woman was shot in the back of the head on Laurel Oaks Court in Oviedo Tuesday night as she tried to walk away from her boyfriend during an argument, according to police. She was able to speak with officers at the scene and is expected to survive, and the man accused of pulling the trigger was taken into custody without incident.
Officers responded to the area of Laurel Oaks Court Tuesday night after reports of a shooting with injuries, according to WKMG ClickOrlando. Police said a man and woman in a relationship got into an argument that turned violent, and the suspect shot the woman in the back of the head as she walked away from him. The victim was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert.
Boyfriend Arrested At The Scene
Edwin Candelario was taken into custody at the scene without incident, the outlet's report states. He now faces a lengthy list of charges stemming from the shooting: attempted homicide, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, domestic-violence battery, firing a weapon on residential property, and trespassing. Police have not released additional details about what sparked the argument or Candelario's relationship to the property where the shooting happened.
The victim's survival appears tied directly to how quickly she was able to communicate with responding officers. She spoke with officers at the scene, the report notes, despite the severity of her injury, and is expected to survive, according to police.
A Pattern Of Violence In Oviedo
This is not the first time Oviedo police have dealt with a shooting involving a woman shot by someone known to her. In a separate incident reported by WESH, officers were called to the Oviedo Town Center Apartments just before 4 p.m. after a report of a shooting and found an adult woman who had been shot twice. That victim was also transported to a local hospital and was expected to survive. In that case, 39-year-old Damon Brooks was accused of attempted murder, and the incident escalated into a standoff with SWAT that lasted more than two hours before the man surrendered himself into police custody just after 6:30 p.m., per the same outlet's report.
No court proceedings or plea information has been reported in Tuesday night's case, and police have not released the woman's name, age, or further details on her condition beyond confirming she is expected to survive. This remains a developing story, and Hoodline will update as more information becomes available from Oviedo police.
