At least 10 people wounded in Lakeland, Florida, shooting, police say - CNN

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At slightest 10 radical were wounded Monday day successful a drive-by shooting successful Lakeland, Florida, constabulary said, and 2 are successful captious condition.

A dark-blue Nissan four-door sedan pulled up astatine the country of the shooting, Lakeland Police Department Chief Sam Taylor said.

“The conveyance slowed, did not stop, and the 4 windows went down. It appeared to beryllium occupied by 4 shooters successful the vehicle,” Taylor said. “They started firing from each 4 windows of the conveyance and shooting males connected some sides.”

Eight of the victims person nonlife-threatening wounds, helium said astatine a quality briefing Monday evening.

Police judge it was a targeted event, the main said.

The Nissan took disconnected astatine a precocious speed, and constabulary are “actively looking for that conveyance now,” Taylor said.

“We volition beryllium retired astir of the nighttime trying to fig retired who these individuals are successful the vehicle,” Taylor said.

Police recovered a “quantity” of marijuana astatine the scene, which indicates to constabulary that “there was a narcotic income oregon income of marijuana going connected astatine the time,” Taylor said. “Whether that is important oregon related to this is unknown.”

The main said successful his 34 years with the department, helium had ne'er worked connected a lawsuit wherever truthful galore radical had been changeable astatine 1 time.

“This is thing that doesn’t hap to Lakeland,” helium said.