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Daytona Beach police investigating 2 shootings within 2 miles of each other

Daytona Beach Police Department (WFTV Staff)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona Beach police are investigating two shootings that happened within two hours of each other on Monday less than 2 miles apart.

Police said the first shooting happened around noon in the 200 block of College Park Drive and the second happened before 2 p.m. near the intersection of George Street and Whitehall Street.

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Officers said preliminary information confirms that the shootings are not related, but both remain under investigation.

In the first shooting, officers said a man suffered from a single gunshot wound and was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

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In the second shooting, police said a man who was shot was also hospitalized in stable but critical condition.

Officers have not released any information about possible suspects in either case.

Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for updates.

See a map of the two scenes below:

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.

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