Orange County law enforcement officials are investigating a string of weekend shootings in the Pine Hills area. Nine people were shot in just 48 hours in three different places. Greg Fox (@GregFoxWESH) has the story.

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Nine people were hurt during a weekend of violence in an Orange County neighborhood.Click here to watch the report.WESH 2 News spoke to a victim in one of the five shootings in the Pine Hills area. He said he thought he was going to die.The violence in Pine Hills began Friday night on Village Green Road. Three men were wounded in a drive-by shooting.Two men were shot and rushed to a hospital Sunday morning after an incident at Kipling and Ferguson drives. They were expected to survive.The worst shooting happened in front of the 7-Eleven at Pine Hills Road and North Lane. Jaqurus Coston, Maurice Maxim and Jamel Robinson were shot."As I was getting ready to open the door to 7-Eleven, shots rang out," Robinson said.Robinson, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, was shot in the hip."I didn't even know this area was like that. Most of the time I am always at work. The rent was reasonable so this is why we moved here and it's terrible. My God,” Robinson said.A fifth shooting happened outside the Parkwood Inn on West Colonial Drive on Friday night. A witness told police two men in a dark Nissan were shooting at another man in a red pickup truck. No one was hurt.Robinson’s wife and sister said they want to move."I think it's a disgrace that lives are really being in jeopardy," said Samantha Torres, the victim's sister-in-law. "And it's our neighborhood, and we should be safe. And we should feel safe to go anywhere that we do please."“One crime is too many. One shooting is too many," said Sgt. Wanda Miglio of the Orlando Police Department.Police said they patrol Pine Hills heavily, but they need witnesses to report and testify to crimes."If you do see something and you don't feel safe when it happens, please leave your name for us. Please help us solve these crimes and just come forward and tell us what you saw.”All of the people wounded in the weekend shootings are expected to recover from their injuries.