CLEARWATER, Fla. — Clearwater police are investigating an early Monday morning shooting that detectives believe is connected to a separate shooting that happened a few weeks earlier in the same neighborhood.
For the second time in less than a month, investigators say shots rang out at an address on Turner Street between South M.L.K. Jr. Avenue and South Prospect Avenue.
On June 22, authorities announced a 33-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot around 4 a.m. at a home. They said he had answered a loud knock at the door before multiple shots were fired.
The man has since been released from the hospital, but no arrest has been made.
Then, on Monday, July 11, emergency crews responded to a second shooting that also happened around 4 a.m. in the same area. A bullet went through a window.
“There were about five shots that went off, it was very loud and startling," one concerned neighbor said.
Police said the same man who was shot at during the first shooting was targeted again on Monday morning.
“We don’t know what is going on and who has a vendetta against who but it’s the kind of thing that needs to stop," Clearwater Police Department spokesperson Rob Shaw said.
Law enforcement said they understand neighbors are concerned and they are stepping up patrols in the neighborhood.
“We don’t want anyone else to be hurt, injured, or killed by whatever is happening there," Shaw said.
While detectives did not get any surveillance video from the first shooting, police say they believe they have pictures of the shooter's car from the more recent shooting. They are asking for help identifying the car or the shooter, who has not been caught.
Anybody with any information should call Clearwater PD at 727-562-4242.