Cops: 10-year-old boy riding bike hit by stray bullet in Sanford

The Orlando Sentinel ^ | September 4, 2014 | Gal Tziperman Lotan

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Daquan Butts, who is also known as Bobo, has been identified by witnesses as the possible shooter, according to Shannon Cordingly, spokeswoman for the police department. (Sanford Police Department / September 4, 2014)

A 10-year-old boy riding his bike Thursday night in Sanford was hit by a stray bullet after a fight escalated between two men, officials said.

The child who was shot in the abdomen lost a lot of blood and was airlifted to Winnie Palmer Hospital For Women & Babies, where he underwent surgery late Thursday night, according to Shannon Cordingly, spokeswoman for the police department. The boy's condition was unknown.

Police continued to search for the alleged gunman, who was identified by witnesses as Daquan Butts, who is also known as Bobo, Cordingly said.

Butts, 21, is believed to be armed and dangerous, Cordingly said.

"Daquan Butts demonstrated a reckless disregard for human life when he pulled out a firearm and randomly shot, injuring an innocent child," said Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith. "The community should be outraged by such careless disregard for life."(continued)

[Bogey78O]

Firing the police chief and putting in an affirmative action hire along with the DoJ scrutinizing every action seems to have made the place paradise.

[Organic Panic]

Daquan is a white-black. There has to be some kind of white blood in his ancestry.

[niteowl77]

“Officials said when the fight escalated Butts shot the man he was arguing with in the buttocks “

You just can’t even make this stuff up! Butts shot a guy in the butt?

That… or Butts was arguing in the buttocks - perhaps a euphemism in Sanford - with some guy, and subsequently shot him.

Mr. niteowl77

[Old Yeller]

That boy is 21? He looks 41.