Crime & Safety

Pasco Deputies Investigate Shooting In Port Richey

Pasco County Sheriff's deputies are now on the scene of a shooting at 6349 Ridgecrest Drive in Port Richey.

PORT RICHEY, FL -- Pasco County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting at 6349 Ridgecrest Drive in Port Richey that left one person with serious injuries.

Deputies received a call at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14 and found multiple shots had been fired into a car at the Ridgecrest Drive address and the car's occupant hit by the gunfire. The victim was transported to the hospital. The victim's name has not yet been released.

Deputies are currently searching for the driver of a black four-door Mazda with no hubcaps and black rims. It was last seen heading east on Ridge Crest Drive. The shooter is described as a white man wearing a blue hat and dark clothing with no facial hair and a pierced eyebrow.

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Anyone with information should contact the sheriff's office at 1-800-706-2488 or email tips@pascosheriff.org.

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