Deputies investigate deadly shooting at Orange County gas station

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies are looking for the shooter who killed a man outside an Orange County convenience store Thursday night.

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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the victim in the shooting was 20-year-old Nathaniel Narue Charles Jr.; officials did not provide any additional details on if Charles was the intended target of the shooting.

Deputies responded to Rose Avenue near Maitland Boulevard in the Lockhart area shortly before 11 p.m.

They said they found Charles with a gunshot wound shot near the 7-Eleven store.

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Charles was rushed to a hospital but died from his injuries, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.

Channel 9 was near the scene early Friday and watched as detectives collected evidence around fuel pumps outside the store.

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They did not release details about the case’s possible suspect or motive.

Deputies investigate deadly shooting at Orange County gas station (Q McCray, WFTV.com/WFTV)

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