Man Shot While Trying To Break Up Couple's Fight
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DEERFIELD BEACH (CBSMiami) -- A man is in the hospital after trying to protect a woman from her violent boyfriend at a Deerfield Beach gas station on Wednesday morning.
Broward Sheriff's Office said the man was shot outside of a Texaco gas station on North Dixie Highway and NE 45th Street. The gas station was closed when shots were fired at around 3:30 a.m.
Click here to watch Gaby Fleischman's report.
According to deputies, the man is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Witnesses said the victim was gunned down while trying to protect the woman after her boyfriend had started to beat her.
"He unloaded all six shots," said witness Carlos Perez. "I heard six shots. I was too scared to come out I was hiding."
Detectives said the man got into the middle of the fight and tried to break it up and calm the woman's boyfriend. Instead, he pulled out a gun.
"I seen the shooter and I seen the shooters girlfriend fighting...the guy that got shot tried to intervene," said Perez.
The couple later walked away hand in hand. The witness also said the couple was later taken into custody at their home about a block away.
"I was making sure that everything was alright and that's when the shooting.. he shot the guy. I hid behind the dumpster here and I waited until he stopped shooting and I tried to render aid," said Perez.
The shooter was found and arrested a short time later. It is unclear what charges he will be facing.
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