{"id":406513,"date":"2026-09-21T20:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406513\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:26:15","slug":"sanford-police-search-for-suspects-motive-in-saturday-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406513\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanford Police search for suspects, motive in Saturday shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people remained hospitalized Monday afternoon \u2014 including two in critical condition \u2014 after a late night shooting on Saturday near a city park during a gathering to remember a Seminole High student and football player, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said they continue searching for suspects and did not have a motive for the shooting. Five of the eight victims had been treated and released from the hospital, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking anyone with information about this incident to come forward and contact the Sanford Police Department,\u201d spokeswoman Nicole Brown said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/09\/20\/6-shot-2-in-critical-condition-at-sanford-family-gathering\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The shooting happened just before 10 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0near the city\u2019s Coastline Park, just west of the U.S. Highway 17-92, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting appeared to be an isolated incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the gathering was to celebrate the life of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2020\/09\/22\/seminole-high-football-hit-hard-by-death-of-former-teammate-zierric-wynn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zi\u2019Erric Wynn, a Seminole High student, who died Sept. 20, 2020<\/a> as a result of injuries he sustained during a vehicle crash. Wynn, who was a passenger in the car, was a running back for the school\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, a shooter or shooters began discharging a firearm, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Irma Taylor, of Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, in Sanford, said her congregation plans to hold a prayer service on Friday at the park, which is\u00a0near the intersection of 10th Street and Poplar Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are concerned about the [violent] events happening, not just there but everywhere,\u201d Taylor said Monday. \u201cSo it\u2019s important that people come together, to be united.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are asking anyone with any additional information about this incident to please contact the Sanford Police Department or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimeline.org. Calls made to Crimeline remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people remained hospitalized Monday afternoon \u2014 including two in critical condition \u2014 after a late night shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[112,28,114,266,115,139,141,140,2647,1014,109],"class_list":["post-406513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-florida","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sanford","tag-seminole-county","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406513","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=406513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}