Gainesville Police are looking for a shooter after officers found a woman shot in the leg at about midnight Wednesday at an East Gainesville apartment complex.
Police officers in the area at Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center heard four or five shots fired from Gardenia Garden Apartments, located at 1727 NE Eighth Ave. about a mile away, GPD spokesperson Officer Ben Tobias wrote in an email. Police received a 911 call seconds later, advising that a woman had been shot in the leg.
Officers responded to the apartment complex and found a woman with a gunshot wound to her lower leg. Police gave her first aid until the area was safe for paramedics to treat her, Tobias said. Tobias didn’t provide the condition, as of press time.
After searching the area, police found a bullet had gone through a bedroom window of a nearby apartment but did not hit the woman or her infant son inside, Tobias said. A bullet hole was found in an exterior column of the apartment building near another apartment, Tobias said.
“Witnesses could not provide any suspect information at this time,” Tobias said.
Tobias said while the shooting investigation continues, patrols in the area will increase.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact GPD at 352-393-7670 or CrimeStoppers at 352-372-STOP.
Contact Robert Lewis at rlewis@alligator.org. Follow him on Twitter at @Lewis__Robert.
