Man shot while sitting in car at Orlando home

2 vehicles sought in shooting on Beecher Street

ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was shot late Tuesday while sitting in his car in the driveway of his Orange County home, according to authorities.

The drive-by shooting happened around 11 p.m. on Beecher Street near Indialantic Drive in Orlando.

Orange County sheriff's deputies told News 6 that the man was sitting in the driver's seat of a car when two other cars drove by and someone opened fire.  A bullet went through the door of the car and struck the man in the leg, deputies said. Two other bullets struck the man's home, according to deputies.

The man was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center but is expected to be OK, authorities said.

It's not known if the man was targeted.

Deputies said the cars involved in the shooting are believed to be a white Nissan and a Mercedes SUV.

 

 

 


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