PLANT CITY, Fla. — One person is dead and another is hurt after a shooting occurred Saturday evening in Plant City, deputies say.
At 5:46 p.m., authorities received a call regarding shots being fired during a party on Branch Forbes Road, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in an updated news release.
At least 10 people were attending the party when the shooter fired his weapon, witnesses told law enforcement.
That led to the death of a man in his 40s who was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the party, the sheriff's office says. Another person was also shot but is recovering at the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
"There is never a reason for a joyous occasion to turn violent," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. "Our unrelenting detectives will now work this case tirelessly until the suspect is apprehended and held accountable for this tragedy."
The sheriff's office has not yet said if they are searching for somebody specific.
The investigation of the shooting remains ongoing, deputies say.