ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old man is accused of shooting a woman in the face who offered him a ride outside a Wawa in Orange County early Sunday morning, according to an arrest affidavit.
Deputies said everything started when a man identified as “Victim 3″ contacted the woman identified as “Victim 1″ around 12:10 a.m. to get a ride home because of the cold weather. The man walked to a nearby smoke shop where the woman worked. The two were then picked up in a vehicle by the woman’s girlfriend, identified as “Victim 2.″
The three stopped at the Wawa at 12083 South Orange Blossom Trail so the driver could put air in a tire, according to the sheriff’s office. As they were leaving, “Victim 1″ saw someone she believed was a friend named “Jameson” standing in the parking lot. She rolled down the window to offer him a ride because of the cold.
Deputies said the woman and her girlfriend rolled down the windows to the vehicle “to wave and shout to get this person’s attention.”
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The man then turned towards the vehicle, took out a gun, and shot three to five rounds at the car. The vehicle then exited the parking lot and turned onto South Orange Blossom Trail.
The driver – “Victim 2″ – told investigators that the man was her girlfriend’s friend, but she had known him for about six months, and she sees him about once a week because he is a customer at the smoke shop where she and her girlfriend work.
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According to the affidavit, she also stated that she did not know why the man would shoot at them and that she could not definitely say that it was “Jameson” because he was wearing a ski mask at the time of the shooting.
Deputies said around 12:50 a.m., “Victim 1″ arrived at Hunter’s Creek emergency room by private car with a gunshot wound to her face. She was later transferred to Osceola Regional Medical Center and was unable to speak but communicated with detectives by typing on a cellphone.
She was able to type the following statement to investigators, saying in part, “I was coming home with my girlfriend my childhood friend and we were leaving the Wawa and my other friend named Jameson was leaving and the Wawa at the same time. And so I roll my window down to say what’s up and I guess he didn’t know who I was and I told him 3 times but he’s super blind so I think he just thought it was the wrong person and shot me.“
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Detectives said they reviewed Wawa surveillance footage showing a man matching the description entering the store around 12:30 a.m., making a purchase, and walking out minutes before the shooting. A blue vehicle resembling the victims’ car is seen approaching him before quickly exiting the lot, the affidavit says. Investigators also recovered three 9mm shell casings from the scene and a projectile from inside the victim’s vehicle.
Deputies said they identified the man as Jameson Delva and conducted a search warrant at his residence on Sunday evening, where “he spontaneously uttered ‘I messed up. I love you’ and hugged his brother.
According to the affidavit, the sweatshirt and the pants the suspect was wearing at the Wawa, and several loose 9mm rounds were found during a search of Delva’s residence.
Delva was placed under arrest and taken to the Orange County Jail, where he faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting into an occupied vehicle.