Man shot in neck after drug deal gone wrong, Port St. Lucie police say

Sara Marino | Treasure Coast Newspapers

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PORT ST. LUCIE — A drug deal gone wrong ended with a 20-year-old man getting shot in the neck.

Police said the drug-related shooting happened Thursday night around 7:30 p.m. in the 1090 block of Southeast Port St. Lucie Boulevard.

The incident happened when two men in a car — a passenger and driver — were approached by a man wanting to conduct a drug transaction.

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Police said when the man walked up to the car, he shot one round through the open window and hit the passenger in the neck.

The passenger told police the shooter drove off in an orange hatchback car.

The injured man was taken to St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie where as of Friday morning he was being treated for non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Police said they are still looking for the shooter who is described as being a white man between the ages of 18 and 21, around 5-foot 6-inches tall, 180 pounds and with curly brownish-blond hair.

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Police are asking people with information to contact Detective Christopher Bentley 772-873-6524 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-800-273-TIPS.