A Boynton Beach man faces charges of attempted second-degree murder and discharging a firearm in public after Boynton Beach police said he shot a man four times while the victim was riding a bicycle.
The shooting happened Monday in the 600 block of Northeast Second Street at about 5:40 p.m.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the alleged shooter, Xantus Ridore, 33, claimed the man on the bike, Kalica Bertrand, 36, pointed a firearm at Ridore, prompting Ridore to fire his weapon.
Police said units located nine shell casings in the area.
WPTVDetectives said Bertrand was shot in his right buttock, right thigh, right palm and right wrist.
WPTV found bullet holes and evidence markers of five bullets on buildings across the street.
“Yes, he is innocent in the case,” Mary Meranvil, the mother of Ridore, said. “He saved his life and my two grandbabies’ lives!”
Meranvil said her son, Ridore, is a truck driver and was at the house for a birthday party when he claimed Bertrand had a gun and aimed it at him — but her son shot first.