[PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook / Eustis Police Department]
[Original Publish Date: 08/26/20]
EUSTIS, Florida — A 20-year-old man took a bullet to the leg in a drive-by shooting In Eustis shortly after midnight Wednesday, according to Eustis Police Public Information Officer J. Allred.
The man, who is not being identified, was flown to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, “He was transported via Life Flight,” Allred told Lake Legal News Wednesday morning. Police received a call about the shooting at the intersection of Lakeview Avenue and St. Andrews Boulevard and found a vehicle and a residence had been shot. The man who was shot was inside the home and police found multiple shell casings, Allred said.
This is the third shooting in Eustis in fewer than two weeks, but it is early in the investigation and unclear if this shooting is related to the two shootings on Bates Avenue earlier this month, Allred told LLN.
Police are asking anyone with information on any of the shootings to come forward, call EPD at 352-357-4121.
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Our Editor-in-Chief, Marilyn M. Aciego, began writing for Lake Legal News in 2010. Born and raised in Lake County, she is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She started her journalism career at LSSC, where she was editor of both student publications, The Angler and The Odyssey. Her professional career began at the Daily Commercial in 2004 where she covered cops and courts the majority of her time there until she left in 2009. Currently, along with being Editor-in-Chief of Lake Legal News, she is the Florida bureau chief for an international media organization. She has made more than two dozen appearances on live national television, including Nancy Grace and the Greta Van Susteren show, along with her appearance on Evil Twins. Contact her with breaking news, tips, and feedback by sending an e-mail to 352Tips@gmail.com. You can also contact us on our Facebook page — and make sure you “Like” and “Follow us” there. [PHOTO CREDIT: Bonnie Whicher]
