A man was killed at an Apalachee Parkway shopping center in the second fatal shooting of the weekend

A man was shot and killed early Sunday morning at the Parkway Center shopping center on Apalachee Parkway.

The Tallahassee Police Department said they received a report of a shooting in the parking lot of the shopping center at 1147 Apalachee Parkway at approximately 2:15 a.m.

“Upon arrival, officers found an unconscious adult male with a gunshot wound,” TPD said in social media posts. “The victim was provided with medical assistance, but unfortunately he was pronounced dead at the scene.”

No other details were released about the shooting or the circumstances.

TPD said its violent crimes unit and forensics unit are investigating. The department did not announce any arrests and did not immediately say whether any suspects were involved.

“This remains an open and active investigation and updates will be provided as more information becomes available,” TPD said.

It was the second murder investigation this weekend. On Friday, TPD opened a homicide investigation after a man was found dead at a cannabis store. Officers arrived just before 6 p.m. at the Florida Hemp Distribution store at 220 W. Tennessee St., where a man was killed by gunshots. “All parties involved have been identified,” but no one had been arrested as of Friday evening, a TPD spokesman said.

This is also the second time this year that a fatal fire has occurred in the shopping center, which is located in the virtual shadow of the Capitol complex. On May 12, two days after the Tallahassee tornado broke out, multiple people were shot, including two men who died. Sunday’s shooting occurred just over 48 hours after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Taylor County.

The incident was the 48th serious shooting in the capital and county this year. According to the Tallahassee Democrats’ analysis of gun violence in 2024, 19 people were killed and at least 39 were injured.

A series of shootings breaks a summer silence in gun violence.

In 2023, 24 people were killed and at least 72 were injured in 87 serious shootings that took place in the capital and the district. This year produced a number of sobering statistics, many of them coming from a summer when the city saw a spike in shootings.

According to the Tallahassee Democrats’ analysis of gun violence, the summer crime surge included three separate double homicides, a mass shooting, three murders in one 24-hour period and five accidental shootings – three of them fatal – in one month.

Contact Jeff Burlew at [email protected] or 850-599-2180.

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