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911 Calls Describe Multiple Shots, Man In The Water During River Shooting

    A confrontation on the St. Johns River turned violent this past Saturday afternoon.  Two people were shot and another was transported from the scene with a medical issue after the 4:30 p.m. incident near downtown in the area of the former Midway Marine.
    “Three suspects are in custody,” said John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.  Although as of Tuesday, there were no charges filed in the incident.
    Few details have been officially released.  What is known is that the conflict was between jet ski riders and boaters, possibly over speed through the area’s no-wake zone.  Three jet skis were taken into custody for evidence
    Two victims, one male and one female, were airlifted to Halifax health medical Center in Daytona Beach, with life-threatening gunshot wounds.  On Monday, Herrell said the male victim, who was reportedly shot three times, was in stable condition.
    One of the suspects was transported to AdventHealth DeLand with an unspecified medical episode.
    Further investigation of the incident found two bullet holes in the front glass of the marine office, with the window being shattered but held in place by tinting. 
    Two witnesses, which sheriff's office reports indicate were owners of two of the jet skis, were Christian Santiago-Albajadejo and Carlos Collado-Sanchez. Another jet ski involved was operated by Eduardo Moya.
    Additionally, reports indicate a separate crime scene was located ‘just down the street’ from the main incident, at the boat dock of the former Blackwater Inn restaurant.
    The sheriff’s office on Tuesday released 911 calls from the shooting, in which a caller at a nearby boat ramp described people ‘shooting at boats in the water’ and a person ‘falling off a jet ski’ into the river.  The caller described the center console boat in the incident having ‘three or four people’ on it at the time of the incident. Another caller described ‘one person shooting in a boat’ that was ‘shooting at a jet ski’ and then leaving the scene.  The caller estimated ten shots being fired, all from a handgun.
    The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was joined by responders from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in responding to the incident.