Male brandishes gun amid spat with victim at Florida park, opens fire after victim grabs own gun. But victim is better shot.
Police in Daytona Beach, Florida, said they're actively investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday at Derbyshire Park.
Officers initially responded to a local hospital after receiving reports of a patient suffering from a gunshot wound, police said, adding that officers during the investigation determined the shooting occurred at Derbyshire Park.
At this time, the motive for the encounter remains unclear, and there is no ongoing threat to the public, police said.
Preliminary findings indicate an adult male and an adult female met and parked together at the park when a male they did not know approached them, police said.
When a disagreement occurred between the individuals, the male who approached the couple allegedly brandished a firearm, police said.
The male victim then grabbed his own gun and demanded the unknown male leave the area, police said.
The unknown male began walking away but soon turned and fired multiple rounds, striking the male victim, police said.
But the male victim returned fire, striking the unknown male, police said.
Following the exchange of gunfire, the male victim as well as the female he was with drove themselves to a local hospital for treatment, police said.
Responding officers found the other male dead in the park, police said.
Officials said investigators have identified all parties involved. At this time, the motive for the encounter remains unclear, and there is no ongoing threat to the public, police said.
Police said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
The identities of the involved parties are being withheld while detectives continue to investigate the full circumstances surrounding the incident, police said.
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Naked man emerges from river, attacks homeowner who approached him to see if he needed help — but homeowner is armed
A naked man emerged from the Biloxi River in Mississippi last weekend and physically attacked a homeowner who approached the man to see if he needed help, police told WLOX-TV.
But the homeowner shot the man several times after the attack, the station said.
'How awful for everyone involved.'
The incident began around 8 p.m. Saturday when the Biloxi Police Department got a report of a naked man coming out of the Biloxi River and walking up to homes on Woolmarket Lake Road, WLOX said.
Officials said one of the homeowners — who wasn’t in his residence at the time — saw the man on his doorbell camera and called his next-door neighbor, the station said.
The neighbor walked to the home to see if the man needed help, but the man attacked the neighbor, police told WLOX.
With that, the neighbor shot the man multiple times, the station said.
The man got the gun away from the neighbor and re-entered the river, officials told WLOX.
A search and rescue team was called, and the man was found dead in the river around 2 a.m. Sunday, the station said.
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Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identified the man as 31-year-old Peter Virden III of Gulfport, WLOX reported.
Switzer said Virden was found dead in the river with multiple gunshot wounds, the station added.
The neighbor suffered facial cuts and bruises from the attack but was not severely injured, police told WLOX.
The station said officials reviewed video from the home’s security system, which recorded the whole incident.
A number of commenters let their thoughts be known under WLOX's Facebook post about the incident. The following are a few of them:
- "How awful for everyone involved," one commenter wrote.
- "I feel for the neighborhood. How traumatic for him," another user said. "Just going about your day one minute then having to [shoot] someone to defend yourself."
- "So sad," another commenter shared. "Prayers for everyone involved in this. Heartbreaking."
- "Prayers to the brave neighbor [who] not only checked on his neighbor’s property when called but also had to defend himself," another user said. "He was totally justified. Please try to tell me if a naked man comes to my porch (AND ATTACKS me) that I’m not justified."
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