911 calls released in Super Bowl party shooting
Party host shot in the back, dies
Host killed in Super Bowl party shooting
Authorities on Monday released the 911 calls made just minutes after a man was fatally shot in the back at a Super Bowl party in Longwood.
In the 911 calls, the caller says the suspects came into the house "asking for a lighter and they just started shooting."
Longwood Police Chief Troy Hickson said 25-year-old Donnie Shepard was shot in the back by a guest Sunday afternoon after the two got into an argument. Hickson was taken to South Seminole Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Neighbor Chris Olsen said the shooting is the last straw and he's moving out of the small apartment complex on Wildmere Avenue near U.S. 17-92.
"It's out of concern for my son," Olsen said. "We're just packing up. We're leaving because the cops are here quite often."
Olsen said the fact that the killer is still on the loose is scary.
"That's why we've got chains and everything locked up. You don't know if they're going to return or not," Olsen said.
A friend of Shepard said he was an excellent soccer player. Sonny Bunch, who lives down the street from Shepard's apartment, said he often saw him in the neighborhood.
"It really shocked me because I never saw (Shepard) hanging out with the bad people," Bunch said.
Angie Boswell lives near 861 Wildmere Ave., and has a different opinion. Boswell said police were called to the complex and that address all too often, and in this case, her 12-year-old son saw the violence firsthand.
"It's sorry for my little boy to see two criminals just kill somebody go running down the road," Boswell said.
Longwood police said one of the assailants was a black man, about 20 years old, 6 feet tall and 300 pounds. He had a scruffy beard and braids in his hair. The other was described only as a man of average height and build. He was wearing blue jeans, a plaid shirt and was clean shaven.
The duo arrived at the home in a small burgundy, two-door vehicle. Witnesses said the car's paint job was after-market, possibly a dark candy red color.
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