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Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators are working a shooting that injured an Okaloosa Island man early Thursday morning on Okaloosa Island.
Deputies were called to a unit at 352 Billfish Avenue around 1 a.m. for a report of shots being fired.
They found a man in his twenties in one of the apartments suffering from two gunshot wounds.
He said he opened his door and saw someone he didn’t know with a gun pointed at him. He told deputies he was shot twice before closing the door.
The victim was conscious and alert when deputies arrived and was transported by EMS to a local hospital for treatment.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to please call the OCSO at 850.651.7400 or contact Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at www.emeraldcoastcrimestoppers.com, 850-863-TIPS, or via the P3 Tips mobile app.
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