Gunfire blasts through quiet Cape Coral neighborhood; 2 hurt

Over a dozen gunshots rang out in the night, leaving neighbors who are used to living in a quiet Cape Coral community feeling uneasy.

According to the Cape Coral Police, two people were shot after a third person ambushed them late Friday.

CCPD has yet to identify or arrest anyone involved in the shooting.

On the scene, a trail of blood was left on the road, coming from the parking lot of the cabinet businesses located on Pine Island Road across from a Kia dealership.

Stray bullet holes were found in the building, fence and nearby cars.

There were three cars full of people when police arrived Friday night, and one of them was a 1-year-old who had to be returned to her grandmother.

Bloody tracks left in the street are what employees near Northeast Third Avenue in Cape Coral saw Saturday morning.

Security footage shows two people meeting up, maybe exchanging some sort of duffle bag and then a third person seemingly ambushing them.

Several gunshots were heard in a quick one- or two-minute timespan.

On Tuesday, K-9 deputies and detectives were at the scene. Business employees nearby told WINK News they didn’t move to Cape Coral for a life like this.

“I’m understanding that there was a vehicle, a couple of vehicles, and some shooters, and I saw some bullet holes. I was like, this is absolutely getting to be crazy,” said Jason Palowski, originally from Detroit.

Palowski thought he had traded the city life of Detroit for the peaceful quiet life in Cape Coral.

“It was, at a point, one of the murder capitals of the world I believe, which is scary. When you move out of that situation to come down here with your family, you don’t expect to see the same here. That is alarming to me,” said Palowski.

One person was found lying in the road shot in the leg, another was found in a car with multiple gunshot wounds. Both were taken to the hospital, but it remains unclear if any of them were taken into custody.