Gainesville Police are investigating a Thursday night shooting that left one man dead and the suspect still at large.
Police identified Eugene Shelton, a 26-year-old Santa Fe College student, as the victim of the shooting.
At 8:26 p.m. Thursday, GPD received a call about shots being fired in the Rocky Point Apartments at 3100 SW 35th Place.
A woman reported she heard a gunshot and saw a man wearing a white T-shirt fleeing northwest into a wooded area, according to a GPD press release.
The witness also told police she saw another man getting into a car and speeding away.
As police searched the complex, officers received a call from Shands at UF about a man who entered the emergency room with a gunshot wound to his chest.
According to the press release, a friend drove Shelton to the hospital, where he went into surgery.
At 2:50 a.m. Friday, Shelton was pronounced dead.
GPD detectives believed Shelton initially went to the apartments to participate in a drug deal.
Police continued to search for the shooter Friday but were unable to make an arrest.
If you have any information, please call Detective Cpl. Bennie Smith at 352-393-7661.
Contact Chris Alcantara at calcantara@alligator.org.
