{"id":409908,"date":"2026-09-25T02:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409908\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:46:10","slug":"sanford-police-searching-for-2-vehicles-involved-in-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409908\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanford police searching for 2 vehicles involved in shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sanford police searching for drivers of 2 vehicles involved in shooting that injured 8<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790304370_220_793f47c8-6ef6-41d4-b0de-fb642812c23f_1774634837.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Madilyn Destefano\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>SANFORD, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Sanford police are seeking the public&#8217;s help in identifying the drivers they believe to be involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/large-police-deputy-presence-on-10th-street-in-sanford\/73805838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a shooting Saturday that injured eight people at a celebration of life<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Police said the individuals were driving two BMW 530 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">There are no further details at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Police ask anyone with photos or videos from the incident that show the drivers of either vehicle to send them to the Sanford Police Department.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to contact the Sanford Police Department or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477).  <\/p>\n<p>This content is imported from x. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The shooting happened Saturday night near 10th Street and Poplar Avenue during a celebration of life.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Crime scene tape surrounded the area for more than 12 hours, from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Investigators placed at least 43 evidence markers along the sidewalk and examined vehicles that had bullet holes.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Shirley Wynn said she and her family were outside celebrating the life of her grandson, Zierric Wynn, when the shooting happened.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">ZiErric Wynn was a former Seminole High School varsity football player who died in a car accident in 2020.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Sanford Mayor Art Woodruff said the city has been working to support struggling neighborhoods but stressed the importance of community involvement.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">&#8220;One of the opportunities, if somebody has information, we encourage them to contact police,&#8221; Woodruff said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Smith echoed the mayor\u2019s sentiments, emphasizing the role of community collaboration in addressing violence.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">&#8220;The biggest help, the biggest solution in resolving issues in Sanford, in particular in the Goldsboro area, is that the people in these areas need to come together and talk to us,&#8221; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">Police say the motive for the shooting remains unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sanford police searching for drivers of 2 vehicles involved in shooting that injured 8 SANFORD, Fla. \u2014 Sanford&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[36984,43188,168,55904,2675,41823,658,1210,139,141,140,3323,135772,215,2393,732,1045,17492],"class_list":["post-409908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-additional-information","tag-bmw","tag-celebration","tag-crimeline","tag-driver","tag-further-detail","tag-incident","tag-life","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-photo","tag-sanford-police","tag-shooting","tag-time","tag-vehicle","tag-video","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409908","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=409908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}