SANFORD, Fla. – A man died and a woman was critically injured in a shooting Sunday night at a Sanford apartment complex, police said.
Police said they responded to the Bel-Air Apartments on Airport Boulevard near Sanford Avenue around 8 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about a shooting in the parking lot.
Sanford police said officers were called to the complex and two shooting victims, a 27-year-old woman, who News 6 is not naming at this time, and 29-year-old Steven Martin, were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
According to investigators, the woman was at the location earlier to exchange custody of her children with their father, who lived in the complex. Witnesses told police that she appeared agitated when arriving at the complex and forced her way in before having to be forcefully removed, adding she brandished a firearm before leaving, the department said.
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She and Martin then returned to the complex, where they were shot on the second floor exterior walkway near the apartment, according to police.
Martin, who had multiple gunshot wounds to his chest, died at the hospital and the woman, who had a gunshot wound to the stomach, remains in serious condition, police said.
No information about what happened leading to the shooting when the pair returned to the complex is available at this time.
Police said the shooting appears to be a domestic-related incident, and “all remaining persons involved remained on scene.”
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Sanford Police Department at 407-688-5070 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477.