MELBOURNE, Fla. – Police officers in Melbourne are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night.
Police said they got a call regarding gunshots near the intersection of Lipscomb Street and W.H. Jackson Street around 10:45 p.m. Sunday.
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A 911 caller said a shootout was in progress.
‘’They’re literally returning fire at each other,’’ the caller reported to a dispatcher.
When they got there, officers said they found evidence of a shooting and a man dead in the front yard of a home on Canal Street, west of the intersection.
Friend Katie McFatten placed balloons and flowers in the yard.
‘’He was a good person,’’ she said, describing the victim.
The man found dead was identified as 50-year-old Bobby Lewis.
The criminal investigations division is looking into the case.
If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Melbourne Police Department at 321-608-6371.