Argument possible cause of drive by shooting

A witness told officers that an argument overheard during a school’s graduation ceremony may have led to a drive-by shooting that happened later Thursday evening and injured three people.

Dublin Police officers responded to house on the 400 block of Brookwood Drive where they recovered approximately 60 shell casings from the scene around 11:05 p.m. Thursday, May 21. According the police report, officers responded  in reference to a reported shooting with two victims.

When they arrived, they saw several people gathered in the front yard. Many ran away from the scene when law enforcement arrived. Officers saw a man who had a gunshot wound to the leg. They rendered aid by applying a tourniquet above the victim’s knee to control the bleeding until EMS arrived. Due to his injuries, officers were unable to obtain a statement. 

Officers met with a second victim who seemed to have a bullet graze wound to her left thigh, along with scratches to her rib cage. During the shooting, she tried to run inside the house and received the scratches by rubbing against an unknown object, according to the report. She was later treated by EMS officials at the scene.

A third victim had a graze wound to his shoulder. He declined to provide a statement regarding the incident. 

A witness told an officer she heard approximately 80 shots fired toward the house from a white sedan. She recalled a verbal altercation that happened during the Moore Street School graduation ceremony on May 21. According to her, two men were involved in a verbal dispute with her nephew. One of the men repeatedly stated, “You dead, all y’all going to die,” approximately five times before leaving the graduation in a gold-colored Crown Victoria. 

Another witness, who was irate at the scene, informed officers that an unidentified woman at the residence had, “set them up.” 

Officers met an another person, who lives nearby and called 911. Before the shooting, he saw four women walking and being loud in the roadway near his residence. The women briefly approached the driveway before turning around and returning to the house where the shooting later occurred. Around 11 p.m., the man saw an early 2000s white sedan pull from the driveway and occupants began firing multiple shots toward the residence. Early evidence indicates at least six different guns were fired. 

Officers tried to interview several witnesses, but they declined to cooperate. While processing the scene, an officer saw a bullet entry hole in the roof of a 2020 Jeep. They also saw a gold 1999 Toyota Camry with a bullet hole in the rear passenger-side taillight. A red 2017 Kia Soul had what appeared to be two bullet strikes through the driver-side and rear doors.

Anyone with information can call the Dublin Police Department at (478) 277-5023.