Drive-By Shooting in PG Leaves Man Wounded

A quiet Wednesday night in Punta Gorda was shattered by gunfire, as a man was shot right outside his home. Just before midnight on June eighteenth, forty-eight-year-old Danny Martinez was at his West Street residence when a gunman on a motorcycle rode by and fired a single shot, hitting him in the shoulder. Police say Martinez, who is known to them, was treated and released from the Southern Regional Hospital. Investigators recovered a single nine-millimeter shell from the scene, and tonight, they’re working to figure out what led to the shooting, and who pulled the trigger.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“Police are investigating a shooting incident which occurred at approximately 11:48 on Wednesday, June eighteenth, on West Street, Punta Gorda Town. The information that police have gathered thus far is that on the aforementioned date and time, Danny Martinez, a forty-eight-year-old self-employed Belizean was at his residence when a male person, who was on a motorcycle, fired a single shot which wounded Martinez to his left shoulder. The scene was processed where one expended nine-millimeter shell was recovered. Martinez, who is known to the police, was treated and released from the Southern Regional Hospital. Police investigation continues.”

 

Reporter

“Was there any, do you all know if there was any rivalry between the men or had they been socializing or that type of thing?”

 

ASP Stacy Smith

“He was, Martinez was at his residence and the information that we gathered was that somebody passed the residence and from off the street they would have fired the shot.”