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SATURDAY. DAN: LATRAY BELL IS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF HIS FRIEND SATURDAY, BUT NOT ACTUALLY CHARGED WITH SHOOTING HIM. IT’S A SOMEWHAT BIZARRE EVENT THAT UNFOLDED AT A COCOA CONVENIENCE STORE. POLICE SAY BELL CAME HERE HOLDING A GUN AND POINTED IT AT A WOMAN WHO HE SAID OWED HIM MONEY. SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IT UP, AND POLICE SAY BELL AND A FRIEND GOT BACK IN THEIR CAR AND DROVE OFF, BUT FIRED SHOTS AS THEY LEFT. >> IS THAT PEOPLE SHOOTING IN YOUR PARKING LOT, YES OR NO? >> YES, MA’AM, IT IS. >> OK, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE? >> WHETHER SOMEONE GOT SHOT, I’M NOT SURE. DAN: SOMEONE DID GET SHOT, BELL’S PARTNER. PHE WAS WOUNDED IN THE HEAD AS BULLETS FLEW. >> SOME OF THEM HIT THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. POLICE SAY THE INTENDED VICTIM HAS A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT, AND A GUN, AND SHE DEFENDED HERSELF. DAN: THAT MAY BE HOW BELL’S FRIEND WAS WOUNDED, BUT ALL WE REALLY KNOW IS THAT BELL IS NOT CHARGED WITH THE SHOOTING AND NEITHER IS THE WOMAN WITH THE CONCEALED GUN. POLICE SAY SHE WAS DEFENDING HERSELF AND WAS NOT CHARGED. BELL WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON; THAT’S FOR POINTING HIS GUN AT THE WOMAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. A JUDGE TODAY ORDERED BELL HELD WITHOUT BAIL. IN COCOA, BREVARD COUNTY, DAN BILLOW, WESH-2 N

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A woman will not face charges after a man was shot in the head during a shooting at a convenience store late Sunday night. Around 11:30 p.m., Cocoa police were called to Peachtree Meat and Produce at 904 Peachtree St. Witnesses told authorities that a mother and daughter were outside the store when two men in a vehicle approached them. According to authorities, Latray Bell, the man who was with the person who got shot, held a gun and pointed it at one of the women and said she owed him money.The woman refused to give Bell the money, so the pair got back into their vehicle and drove away, but fired shots as they left.Officials said the man Bell was with was the only person that was hit. Authorities said the woman, who has a concealed weapons permit, defended herself by firing back.Bell has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon for pointing the gun at the women. Police said because the woman was defending herself, she will not be charged.The man who was shot in the head was transported to the hospital. The investigation is still ongoing.