CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a shooting just after 7:00 PM Saturday.
Police say two men were transported to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg with gunshot wounds.
During the investigation, police under covered that the shooting occurred at Fairmont Street and Rollin Avenue and was drug-related.
Police say the two individuals were inside a car conducting a drug deal when another person outside the vehicle fired a gun through the windshield.
Derriontae Ward, 20, was shot in the chest, staggered out of the car, and was found in the 1300 block of Parkwood Street. Jhakoric Lofton, 23, left the scene in his car after firing his own gun.
Ward remains in stable condition at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg this Sunday morning.
Lofton was treated and released from the same hospital. Ward was arrested for outstanding grand theft auto and burglary charges unrelated to this case. The investigation continues.