PLANT CITY, Fla. — Shots rang out at a Plant City bar, leaving a man dead and another person hospitalized, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
Detectives have reportedly identified Oscar Juan Molina, 44, as the shooter. They are searching for him and think he may be driving a Dodge Charger.
It all started around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Twilight Zone Lounge located on East State Road 60.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's spokesperson Amanda Granit said a physical altercation inside the lounge's liquor store broke out and turned into a shooting in the bar that continued outside into the parking lot and field behind the lounge.
Granit said a deputy in the area on an unrelated case heard the shots and quickly responded. When the deputy arrived, she saw a car leave the parking lot, only to crash down the road.
The person inside the car was shot during the fight and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
As deputies began to search the area around the lounge, a man was found in the field. He had been shot. He was rushed to the hospital but died from his injuries, Granit explained.
The sheriff's office has not released any more information on the man who died.
The sheriff's office also said detectives believe the people involved in the shooting knew each other.
Anyone with information on Oscar Juan Molina's location is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.