ORLANDO, Fla. – A teenager and man driving a Lamborghini died on Easter morning after shooting at each other during an argument near Poppy Park in Orlando, with stray bullets fatally striking a woman sitting on a nearby porch and wounding two other women, according to the Orlando Police Department.
Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith and detectives held a news conference Wednesday to share details of the shooting and discuss another shooting that happened later on Easter Day.
According to Orlando police Det. Patrick Cavanaugh, 38-year-old Jamal Watson, who was driving a purple Lamborghini, and 16-year-old Tristan Morgan, who was walking nearby, got into an argument in the area of Lescot Lane and shot at each other. They both died from their injuries.
“He was walking past the park, with a separate group of friends, they approached the driver’s side of the Lamborghini, quick verbal exchange and then shots erupted at that point,” Det. Maxwell Persons said.
Three women were struck during the exchange of gunfire — two were family members sitting on a porch and another was walking on the sidewalk. One of the women, 33-year-old Patriza Deterville, died from her injuries. One woman is still in the hospital in stable condition and another was released from the hospital, according to police.
Police said during the news conference that there was a third shooter who was accounted for, but his or her name has not been released. It is still being investigated whether that person will face charges.
Detectives said it’s not known what prompted the argument, but police said the two “recognized each other” and the shots happened “simultaneous.”
“Basically we can tell that the individuals were drawing their weapons simultaneous and rounds were going off at the same time,” Persons said.
Deterville was sitting on her grandmother’s porch when she was struck by a bullet.
Ruby Connelly is still angry. She’s mad after police say shots were fired near Poppy park on Easter Sunday.
The gunfire killed her granddaughter, 33-year-old Patriza Deterville, and injured another granddaughter who were caught in the crossfire.
“Both of my granddaughters, one passed and one is in the hospital,” said Ruby Connelly, the woman’s grandmother. “They were sitting right there on the bench and the bullet come shoot them on the porch, that’s sad.”
She said her granddaughter who remains in the hospital is doing better.
She’s improving greatly. She’s off the ventilator, life support so I’m going to sit with her,” Connelly said.
Deterville’s aunt, Anita Emilien, said her niece leaves behind four children, including a newborn.
Police said all the individuals involved in the shooting are accounted for and detectives are not looking for anyone else.
This shooting came hours after officers responded around 2:30 a.m. to a home in the area of Parramore Avenue and Grand Street, where a 28-year-old man shot and killed three people, including two children.
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