Driver shot, wounded on turnpike by gunfire from another car

LAKE WORTH BEACH — A person was shot in the stomach and wounded while driving Friday evening on Florida's Turnpike when the occupant of another car fired into the driver's vehicle, police said Saturday.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said four people were in a vehicle that was driving past the West Palm Beach Service Plaza at about 7:56 p.m. Friday when another vehicle tried to merge into their lane. The other vehicle pulled alongside the passenger's side of the car and fired several rounds into it, FHP said.

The driver of the vehicle was struck in the abdomen, but continued south until reaching the overpass of Yamato Road in western Boca Raton. Troopers arrived on the scene, and the victim was taken to Delray Medical Center.

Three occupants in the victim’s vehicle provided sworn recorded interviews in Spanish, troopers said. The driver was in stable condition Saturday after surgery that discovered no organs had been punctured by the bullet, FHP said.

Troopers have a description of the shooter's vehicle. FHP disclosed no further information about the shooting, including the name, age and gender of the victim.

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