LAKE CITY, Fla. – The Lake City Police Department released a video Thursday showing a suspect shooting into a crowd at an Easter celebration.
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LCPD said on Easter Sunday at around 8:06 p.m., its officers and deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office were providing crowd control at the Easter Celebration held at the Annie Mattox Recreation Center. A couple of thousand people attend the annual celebration.
Police said that gunfire was discharged by several people in the crowd. The video shows a man firing a weapon while retreating.
A Lake City police officer was shot in the right arm during the incident. He was taken to a nearby trauma center for treatment and was expected to recover after surgery.
The FDLE was called in to investigate, and three people were taken into custody and interviewed by detectives. The three people were accused of other crimes not connected to the shooting.
Following rumors in the wake of the shooting, LCPD Chief Gerald Butler said, “No officers or deputies discharged their service weapons during this incident.”
Anyone with information or additional footage is asked to call detectives at (386) 752-4343.
