{"id":300270,"date":"2026-06-08T18:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/300270\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:51:14","slug":"tpd-another-parking-lot-gathering-ends-with-shots-fired-bloodshed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/300270\/","title":{"rendered":"TPD: Another parking lot gathering ends with shots fired, bloodshed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An early-morning shooting outside Sharkey&#8217;s Lounge left two men wounded Monday, marking the latest flare-up in a recent string of gun violence in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Police Department said that at around 1:53 a.m., officers in the area of the 2800 block of Sharer Road heard several shots coming from the front of the business.<\/p>\n<p>As officers approached, one man was found to have been shot twice. Another man was found further in the parking lot also suffering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>Both men sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary findings of the investigation indicate a large crowd was gathered in the parking lot before the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The exterior of Sharky's Lounge, located at 2810 Sharer Road, as seen on Monday, June 8, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/eac8dfa588894710d41867c5b8aa35bf.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The exterior of Sharky\u2019s Lounge, located at 2810 Sharer Road, as seen on Monday, June 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The latest shooting, which is a part of a rash of gun violence involving a group of people and multiple victims, remains under investigation. It took place in the same parking lot that was <a data-ylk=\"slk:the site of a fatal shooting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/fatal-shooting-tallahassee-pool-hall-074638280.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the site of a fatal shooting<\/a> in early May outside Pockets Pool and Pub.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found an adult male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police said officers attempted life\u2011saving measures, but the man died from his injuries at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, 10 people have been killed and 25 injured in at least 26 serious shootings in the capital city and Leon County, according to\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:a Tallahassee Democrat analysis of gun violence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/data.tallahassee.com\/tallahassee-shootings\/2026\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a Tallahassee Democrat analysis of gun violence<\/a>\u00a0that tracks incidents involving injury, death or a clear risk of serious harm. Ten of those injured and one fatality have come in the span of two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A day before the shooting outside Sharkey&#8217;s, three people were shot June 7 in south Tallahassee after a fight escalated into gunfire. At about 2:56 a.m. Sunday, the Tallahassee Police Department responded to a call at the intersection of South Adams Street and Rudy Hubbard Way (formerly West Osceola Street). TPD Watch Commander Damon Miller said officers found three adults suffering from non-life threatening gunshot wounds outside of a business called Da Spot.<\/p>\n<p>On June 4 at about 4 a.m., TPD responded to\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;a shots fired&quot; call;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/tpd-3-hurt-early-morning-141326726.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;a shots fired&#8221; call<\/a>\u00a0at the Marathon Gas &#8211; Skyline Express in the 1100 block of West Orange Avenue. Two victims with non-life threatening injuries reported to the hospital and an additional victim with a gunshot wound to the hand showed up at the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>On May 23, gunfire erupted at an\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;unsanctioned pop-up party&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/tpd-shooting-outside-legacy-suites-181336557.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;unsanctioned pop-up party&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0at about 5 a.m. in a Tallahassee parking garage near the student apartment complex Legacy Suites on Chapel Drive.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:An 18-year-old Georgia student;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/georgia-teen-bright-future-dies-112140768.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">An 18-year-old Georgia student<\/a>\u00a0with a bright future who graduated a day earlier was killed and two others sustained non-life threating injuries. Family say Gavin Yates-Lyons, the Lowndes County High School graduate who finished high school early and was attending college at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, was caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, no arrests have been made and there are no suspects. This remains an open and active investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call TPD at 850-891-4200 or Crime Solvers at 850-574-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>Arianna Otero is the trending and breaking news reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact her via email at\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:AOtero@tallahassee.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/mailto:AOtero@tallahassee.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AOtero@tallahassee.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow her on X:\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:@ari_v_otero;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ari_v_otero\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@ari_v_otero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Tallahassee shooting outside Sharkey&#039;s Lounge hurts two;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/08\/tallahassee-shooting-outside-sharkeys-lounge-hurts-two\/90455748007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee shooting outside Sharkey&#8217;s Lounge hurts two<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An early-morning shooting outside Sharkey&#8217;s Lounge left two men wounded Monday, marking the latest flare-up in a recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3367,17338,232,1216,234,233,6049],"class_list":["post-300270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-gun-violence","tag-gunshot-wounds","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-democrat","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tallahassee-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300270","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=300270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}