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10 Injured in Florida Mass Shooting


Tue 31 Jan 2023 | 03:54 PM
Israa Farhan

On Monday, the Lakeland Police Department announced that a massive shooting in the Florida city left 10 people injured.

Police said two victims sustained serious injuries and eight were not life-threatening.

"One is in surgery and the other is either in surgery or headed to surgery," Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor said at a press conference on Monday.

Police responded to calls of gunfire at a location near Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street at 3:43 p.m.

Taylor stated that all the victims were adult men between the ages of 20 and 35.

Lakeland police have not identified any suspects, but believe four of the alleged shooters fired shots on both sides of the street from their vehicle, which Taylor described as a four-door Nissan.

Police believe the shooting was not random and that the victims were targeted.

"We don’t believe there’s any reason that the public would need to be concerned right now,” Taylor said. “We think that the individuals in the car shot at and shot who they wanted to shoot.”

Authorities added that they found marijuana at the scene, hinting that marijuana was being sold at the time of the accident, but there is no information on whether or not the suspected marijuana sale and the shooting were connected.