{"id":146858,"date":"2026-02-07T03:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/146858\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:09:10","slug":"florida-man-facing-felony-charges-after-shooting-childhood-friend-in-face-at-orlando-wawa-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/146858\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man facing felony charges after shooting childhood friend in face at Orlando Wawa, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Woman Woman shot in face by childhood friend: What happened? <\/a> <\/p>\n

Loved ones are speaking out after an Orlando woman was shot in the face outside a Wawa in Orange County.\u00a0Investigators said the alleged shooter was someone the victim had known since childhood.\u00a0The suspect has been arrested and is now facing multiple felony charges.<\/p>\n

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman who was shot after offering her childhood friend a ride at a Wawa gas station is suffering from severe injuries to her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jelisa Rivera was shot in the cheek by her childhood friend at a Wawa in Orlando, officials say.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

The evening of Feb. 1 began normally for Alana Rosado and her girlfriend, Jelisa Rivera. While stopping at an Orange County Wawa to put air in the car’s tires, Rivera spotted a man standing outside in the cold. She recognized him as her childhood friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Rivera rolled down her window to offer the man a ride, deputies said the man turned toward the car and fired three to five shots at the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Multiple bullet holes also pierced the frame of Rosado\u2019s car and Rivera was hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Alana Rosado was driving with her girlfriend, Jelisa Rivera, when Rivera’s childhood friend shot her, she said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

FOX 35’s Alexus Cleavenger spoke with Alana Rosado about the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rivera was hit in the cheek. She wasn’t able to speak, deputies said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deputies also said a third victim was in the back seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A picture of the victims’ car.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The Suspect: A childhood friend <\/p>\n

The man behind the trigger has been identified as Jameson Delva.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rivera has known Delva since middle school, deputies said. The two grew up in the same neighborhood and even walked to school together as children.<\/p>\n

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Though Delva had been wearing a mask, Rivera said he’s always wearing the same clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deputies eventually tracked Delva to a residence in Orange County, where he was arrested. Delva reportedly hugged his brother and said, “I messed up. I love you.”<\/p>\n

In searching the home, deputies found a sweatshirt and pants that the suspect in Wawa’s surveillance video was wearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Delva is currently facing several felony charges, including: attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting into an occupied vehicle.<\/p>\n

Court records show that Delva has entered a written plea of not guilty.<\/p>\n

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A suspect shot at his childhood friend at a Wawa in Orlando.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The road to recovery <\/p>\n

While an arrest has been made, the physical and emotional toll on Rivera is immense. When deputies initially interviewed Rivera, she was in the neuro trauma ICU.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The shooting left her with a shattered jaw. Additionally, doctors have been forced to leave the bullet inside her head because it is lodged too close to her spine to safely remove.<\/p>\n

Community support <\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/p>\n

Friends and coworkers are now rallying to support the couple as Rivera begins a long and difficult recovery process.<\/p>\n

“At work, we just all feel so sad for them,” said friend Lucero Rodriguez. “We feel like the least we could do as a community is to support the both of them.”<\/p>\n

Loved ones are currently asking for prayers and community assistance as they navigate the medical bills and trauma following the attack. A GoFundMe<\/a> has been created for Rivera’s hospital expenses and recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story was gathered by FOX 35’s Alexus Cleavenger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Orange County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woman shot in face by childhood friend: What happened? Loved ones are speaking out after an Orlando woman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,47,28,30,29,115,1335,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-146858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-orange-county","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}