ORLANDO | Police are investigating a possible hate crime at Lake Eola Park in Orlando after several LGBTQ individuals were attacked by a paintball gun being shot from a moving vehicle on July 27. The attacker also shouted homophobic slurs at the victims.
One Orlando resident, who asked not to be identified by name, was shot in the leg with paintballs while playing the popular app game “Pokemon Go” with a friend at Lake Eola Park. He also says that a lesbian couple in the park told him they were also hit with paintballs.
Orlando resident Joe Dodd posted on his Facebook page that he was also hit with paintballs July 27 outside of Savoy Orlando. Other people reported that several vehicles displaying the Human Rights Campaign equal rights sticker were also hit with paintballs.
We will update this story as we receive more information.
