GPD officers investigate multiple incidents of gun violence over the weekend

Published: Feb. 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM EST
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Gainesville Police responded to multiple incidents of gun violence last weekend.
Early Sunday morning while officers patrolled North Main Street, they saw a large crowd running away from University Avenue. As more units arrived, they heard multiple gunshots and found a person with non-life-threatening injuries in the Wells Fargo parking garage.
Officers tracked a suspect but they escaped.
In another incident Sunday afternoon, a driver saw a man limping on the side of Northeast 16th Avenue. Emergency crews determined the victim had a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim did not identify the shooter.
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