WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A 19-year-old Winter Haven man faces an attempted murder charge after police say he shot a 15-year-old girl outside a home late Sunday night.
Officers were called to a home on Avenue K Northeast around 10:36 p.m. on September 27 following reports of gunfire, according to the Winter Haven Police Department. When police arrived, they found the 15-year-old standing near the road with a single gunshot wound. Emergency crews took her to Lakeland Regional Health, where medical staff treated her for injuries that police described as non-life-threatening.
Witnesses told investigators that 19-year-old Dorion Crosdale Jr. walked onto the property and began banging on one of the home’s windows. Police noted that Crosdale had previously dated someone living inside the house and had already been issued a formal trespass warning ordering him to stay away…