Three men who attempted to invade a home early this morning on Barton Drive in Orlando, shot twice at one of the occupants before fleeing the scene and remain at large, Orange County deputies said.
Around 12:47am on Sunday morning, investigators learned from Diego Tamayo, 32, that he responded to someone knocking on his home on Barton Drive. When he opened the door he was confronted by three men who tried to force their way into his home. When the victim tried to force the door shut to keep the suspects from entering his residence one of them produced a handgun and shot him two times. Tamayo was able to shut his front door after being shot.
The three suspects fled the scene following the shooting. It is unknown if they fled on foot or in a vehicle.
Tamayo was transported to the Orlando Regional Medical Center where he was treated for non-life threatening gun shot wounds.
Tamayo told detectives that the man who shot him was a dark-skinned Hispanic male, 5’05”, 140 lbs, short brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a plain black t-shirt and that the other two suspects were wearing dark colored hoodies. No other suspect information is available at this time.
The three suspects associated with this incident remain at large.
