2 injured in drive-by shooting at Winter Garden park

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — A 45-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were injured Monday evening in a drive-by shooting at a park, the Winter Garden Police Department said.

Police were called at about 9 p.m. to Zanders Park on 11th Street near East Bay Street after gunfire was reported, Winter Garden police Lt. Scott Allen said.

Police identified the victims Tuesday as Sherman Ivy and Jonqualia McCrary. Both were taken to hospitals, but police didn't reveal the extent of their injuries.

McCrary told Channel 9 on Tuesday that she was shot in the leg while running away.

"I was walking up to the park, and I heard a lot of gunshots, so I started running, and I got shot in the leg," she said. "I'm in a lot of pain, but I guess I'm all right."

Police said it's unknown if the shooting was random or targeted. They're trying to determine if it's related to another shooting at the park that happened more than one week ago.

"It's hard for us to put together exactly what happened, but we have investigators working on it," Allen said. "We're going to do our best to make sure we solve this crime. And if the two are related, we're going to do everything we can to put those together."

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Resident Mary Rozier said she's fed up with violence in the neighborhood.

"I just wish that these young -- and I call them thugs, because that's what they are -- thugs (would) stop running around here like we living in the wild, wild west, because we are not," she said. "To just take guns and shoot (them) and know that you may hit anybody, I think it's a darn shame."

Investigators said they have no information about the gunman.

The shooting remains under investigation.

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