Gunfire amid brawl on West College Ave. in Tallahassee injures one person, police say

Christopher Cann, Tallahassee Democrat
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The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating a downtown shooting that left one man injured Tuesday morning.

The incident occurred at 1:30 a.m. in the 300 block of West College Avenue, which is within blocks of LeRoy Collins Leon County Main Public Library and the State Capitol, according to a TPD incident synopsis.

Police responded to multiple 911 calls in the area reporting the outdoor shooting, TPD spokesperson Alicia Hill said.

Investigators soon determined the gunfire began after an argument escalated to a brawl between an undetermined number of people, according to TPD.

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An adult male, who suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, was struck as the group fled the area. According to police, the sole victim walked to a nearby downtown club to report he had been shot. He was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.

"First and foremost, we are glad that this young man is going to be okay," said Christian Caban, a recently elected Leon County Commissioner, who owns the Warehouse nightclub at 115 W. College Ave.

"From what I was told this was a patron who left our premises and after walking several blocks down the road the young man got in a fight with people, who were not our patrons, which resulted in unnecessary gun violence," Caban continued in a text to the Tallahassee Democrat.

No one has been arrested in connection with the case. Detectives "are continuing efforts to identify all involved parties," wrote TPD in an incident analysis.

Anyone with information is asked to contact TPD at 850-891-4200 or to call Crime Stoppers at 850-574-TIPS.

So far this year, there have been at least 102 serious shootings in the capital city and county resulting in at least 86 injuries and 18 deaths, according to an analysis of gun violence by the Democrat.

The latest bloodshed comes two days after a daytime mass shooting Sunday afternoon on the campus of Florida A&M University, which killed one person and injured four others. Police say an unknown suspect walked up to a basketball court outside the campus recreation center and began firing at the crowd of more than a dozen people.

Contact Christopher Cann at ccann@tallahassee.com and follow @ChrisCannFL on Twitter.

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