COCONUT GROVE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are searching for a gunman after shots were fired in Coconut Grove, sending one man to the hospital.
The shooting took place Thursday night, outside of CocoWalk, an area known for its nightlife.
“It just sounded like a pop,” said Marcel Portney, who was out to dinner with his family, “and out of nowhere, these three guys, like three guys in particular, they looked kind of sketchy, just started running by.”
One man was rushed to the hospital with a bullet wound in his leg. He is expected to be OK.
According to police, the situation began when two men got into an argument outside of CocoWalk near McFarland Road, and then one man began firing at the other.
“I heard three gunshots,” said Portney. “I didn’t even think they were gunshots at first. It just sounded like three pops, and nobody thought anything of it until three people came just sprinting by.”
The victim fled, and that is when he was shot in the leg.
An unnamed employee at a nearby restaurant said customers ran to the bathrooms when the bullets flew.
According to police, the victim was not the intended target when the gunman fired.
No other injuries were reported.
“This is usually a really safe place,” said witness Jennifer Jackson, “so I’m really surprised, actually, tonight on a weekday, that there was a shooting here in the middle of Coconut Grove.”
The shooter has not been caught. It is unknown if the shooter and the victim know each other.
Cellphone video from a 7News viewer shows officers and fire rescue rushing to the scene.
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