Laurie K. Blandford

laurie.blandford@tcpalm.com

FORT PIERCE — One person died and two others were injured after someone opened fire early Saturday at a party at a Fort Pierce apartment, said police officials.

George Collins, 26, died after someone starting shooting multiple rounds at a crowd of people about 1:15 a.m. in the 400 block of North 22nd Street, said Ed Cunningham, public information officer for the Police Department. Collins' address is unknown.

Collins, who was shot at least once, died at the scene.

Two other people, 36-year-old Gary Chaney and an unidentified person, each were shot once and taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute, where they were treated and released with nonlife-threatening injuries, Cunningham said. Chaney's address is unknown.

The bullets also hit several cars and the side of the apartment building.

Officials aren't releasing whether the person who did the shooting walked up to the party or drove up to it in a vehicle.

No one had been arrested in connection with the shooting as of Saturday afternoon as detectives continued to investigate.

HOW TO HELP

Anyone with information should call 911 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-8477.

