WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Winter Haven police are looking for the person who they said shot and killed a man at a RaceTrac gas station Saturday morning.
Police said Maurice Knight, 21, was shot after a fight that started at a bar and continued at the RaceTrac gas station on Havendale Boulevard.
A fight broke out at Pierre’s Hot Spot and an unidentified man pulled out a gun and fired at a car several times, police said.
The crowd left the area and went to the gas station.
About 1:13 a.m. a group that was at the bar and drove to the RaceTrack was standing outside their car when a silver vehicle sped by and one of the occupants opened fire, police said.
Knight was shot in the chest and died at the scene.
Witnesses described the shooter’s vehicle as a newer model Chevy Impala.
It was last seen heading westbound on Havendale Boulevard.
Police believe the occupants of the vehicle are from Lakeland.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS.
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