DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Tuesday evening shooting in Deltona that sent a 31-year-old man to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.
Deputies responded to the scene to search for the suspects, but due to a 45-minute time lapse in reporting the incident and the victim not knowing who the suspects were, no one was found. A friend drove the victim to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City where he received treatment for his non-life threatening wound. No other injuries were reported.
"The Sheriff's Office received a call at about 6:51 p.m. from the hospital emergency room reporting that Kenneth Marrow had come in with a
gunshot wound to his leg. Marrow later told deputies that he was walking on Sagamore Drive when a car slowly drove by him and a passenger stared at him," Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said. "The car continued down the road, but a few minutes later three
men on foot confronted Marrow, and Marrow recognized one of them as the man who had originally stared at him from the passing car. The men questioned Marrow about what he was wearing, claiming that the color of his clothes made it look like he was impersonating being a gang member."
Marrow told deputies that he then offered to remove his shirt and hat. As he lifted up his shirt, one man took a handgun out of his pocket and
fired one shot at Marrow. The suspects and victim then ran away in opposite directions. Once Marrow realized he had been shot in the right
leg, he called a friend to pick him up and take him to the hospital, Haught said.
Marrow said that he didn't know the suspects and had never seen them before, Haught added.
The shooter was described as a Hispanic man with very short hair, in his early twenties, 6 feet and about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red, black and white collared shirt and jeans. The second suspect is a Hispanic man in his early twenties, 5 feet 7 and about 185 pounds. He has a tattoo of a dagger and snake on his right forearm. He was wearing a white tank top and blue shorts. The third suspect was in his teens, 5 feet 4 and 140 pounds. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and shorts.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at (386) 860-7030 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast
Florida, toll-free, at (888) 277-TIPS. Tipsters can also provide information by texting "TIP231 plus the message" to CRIMES. Anyone who
provides information to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and can qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.