Florida prosecutor investigates shots at couple lost while delivering groceries

Police closed the case without consulting the state attorney.

No one was injured by the gunfire in an upscale Fort Lauderdale suburb, but it was the latest in a spate of US shootings in which people have mistakenly turned on to the wrong property or got into the wrong car.

One person has been killed and others wounded. In the Florida case, the shooter told police the car was driven erratically, striking his leg and making him fear for himself and his son.

The Broward county state attorney, Harold Pryor, said on Sunday that police investigators never contacted his office about the 15 April shooting in Southwest Ranches that put at least two bullets into the car driven by 19-year-old Waldes Thomas Jr, who was with his 18-year-old girlfriend, Diamond Darville.

Pryor said his staff was unaware of the shooting until they were contacted by a reporter from WTVJ-TV who interviewed the couple.

The Davie police department serves Southwest Ranches.

The shooting happened on an unlit street in a semi-rural neighborhood. According to the police report, Thomas and Darville got lost while delivering groceries for Instacart shortly before 10pm. They were on the phone with their customer when Thomas turned their 2014 Honda Civic into an area where the shooter stored excavation equipment. The address Thomas and Darville were looking for was across the street.

The shooter and the couple gave conflicting reports about what happened next.

Darville did not respond to a call or emails. The AP is not naming the resident because he has not been charged with a crime. He did not comment.