Man Shot In Face In Home Invasion Robbery
POSTED: Saturday, July 4, 2009
UPDATED: 2:36 pm EDT July 4,
2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Alachua County Sheriff's deputies are searching for the gunmen who burst into a home and shot a man in the face during a robbery early Saturday morning. Detectives said it happened in the 400 block of Squire Drive in Gainesville, at the Cornerstone Mobile Home Park.Investigators tell Channel 4 Travis Quentez Gallon was in the home with 5 other people, just after a party had wrapped up. That's when witnesses said the gunmen burst through the door, demanded money and shot Gallon in the face. They ordered everyone else to the floor and then took off, according to police.Authorities said Travis Gallon was taken to a Gainesville hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for a potentially life threatening gunshot wound.Detectives with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office are searching for clues and ask anyone with any information to call Crimestoppers at (352) 372-STOP.
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