DeLAND, Fla. – A drive-by shooting Friday evening in DeLand left one person hurt, police said, adding an arrest has not yet been made.
Officers responded around 4:57 p.m. to the 800 block of Valleydale Avenue, where several shots had been fired toward a home from a passing vehicle, the DeLand Police Department said in a statement.
The victim was shot in the leg and was hospitalized for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, the statement reads.
Police said the shooting appears to have been an isolated incident with no danger to the public. The statement described the suspect vehicle as a maroon sedan and promised more details would be released as they become available.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact Detective Craig Walter at walterc@deland.org.
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