A young man is behind bars after deputies say he went on a shooting spree in Orange County last week.



In the aftermath, two wrong apartments were shot up, a security guard was wounded and a man mistakenly targeted by the shooter is now paralyzed.

Otis Alexander, 92, is one of the victims of the shooting spree.

He wasn’t hurt but he said that’s only because he wanted to watch his favorite tv show on his big screen in his bedroom.

“All of sudden I heard something bam, bam, bam, bam and I thought it was somebody knocking on my window," Alexander recalled.

However, deputies say it turned out to be bullets from an AR-15.

The Navy veteran said he’s thankful to be alive after deputies said 18-year-old Tyson Johnson shot up his and his neighbor's living rooms last Tuesday night.

“I really got nervous then because I hadn’t been 10 minutes got up from that chair. If I’d still been sitting in that chair, probably one of them would have hit me," Alexander said.

However, Alexander was not an intended victim.

"So, as it got in the kitchen here, I noticed it had hit my cabinet door there and glanced up there and from there it ricocheted and the bullet landed right here in my calendar," the 92-year-old said.

Johnson is accused of pulling the trigger in all the shootings.

“Those firearms falling in the hands of young people and it does appear that we’ve seen a slight increase at this point compared to last year," said Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings.

Investigators said it all began when Johnson tried to a sell a gun to a man but they couldn’t agree on a price at the Chowder Bay Apartments last Tuesday.

Deputies said Johnson went back later to rob the initial victim, but the 28-year-old man shot Johnson, grazing him in the chest, which scared him away.

After that, deputies said Johnson came back again Tuesday night, this time for revenge. But they say he shot up two wrong apartments.

Deputies said two hours later on Tuesday night, Johnson was looking for a new gun, so he shot a security guard at the Americana Plaza. The guard had just been hired after a Pizza Hut delivery driver was shot and killed there a few days earlier.

Deputies said 23-year-old Luis Perez was his partner in crime. He was supposed to steal the security guard’s gun but didn’t follow through.

The final shooting took place when deputies said Johnson went back to the Chowder Bay Apartments for another round of revenge last Wednesday.

He saw someone who looked like the man he was targeting.

However, it was a case of mistaken identity and now that innocent victim is paralyzed.

“How do you shoot the wrong individual? This is clearly a guy who had blatant disregard for human life. He really didn’t care what he was doing, wasn’t in his right mind," said Sgt. Grant Meade with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

"That’s a question we have for him and he really had no answer, when we asked him in the interview. He basically said I shot the wrong place, and we asked him why did you shoot this individual, I shot the wrong guy. He had no regard for human life," Sgt. Meade said.

As for Alexander, he’s thankful the suspects are now behind bars, but isn’t scared of where he lives..

“Naw. I ain’t going to move, man. I love this area here and everything... maybe the good Lord upstairs was looking out for me," Alexander said with audible emotion in his voice.

Both suspects, who are facing attempted murder among several other charges, are being held without bond at the Orange County Jail.