ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man is behind bars and facing an attempted first-degree murder after he shot a man waiting at a bus stop, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the area of Orange Blossom Trail and Landstreet Road June 5 around 1 p.m. where they found one person who had been shot. That person was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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On Tuesday, officials with the Sheriff’s Office tweeted that Amal Douglas, 38, had been arrested after investigators determined “he shot a man in broad daylight at a bus stop.”
Douglas was arrested on a warrant on June 12.
ARRESTED: Amal Douglas, 38, on a slew of charges including attempted first degree murder after he shot a man in broad daylight at a bus stop near South Orange Blossom Trail and Landstreet Road. Excellent work by our Persons Unit detectives! pic.twitter.com/q0nIe8DBmS
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) June 16, 2020
According to the Orange County Jail, Douglas faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, resisting an officer without violence and refusal to leave a hotel after notice among others.
Douglas is being held at the Orange County Jail without bond.