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Innocent bystander hospitalized after shootout at Chevron Gas Station: NPRPD

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Published  March 8, 2025 5:52pm EST
New Port Richey
FOX 13 News

Fight leads to gunfire, injuring bystander

FOX 13's Jennifer Kveglis explains how an innocent bystander was hospitalized after two men engaged in a shootout at a gas station in New Port Richey.

The Brief

    • An innocent bystander was hospitalized after a shootout at a Chevron gas station in New Port Richey: NPRPD.
    • The New Port Richey Police Department says the two suspects began arguing in the parking lot and began shooting at each other.
    • Both suspects were later found and arrested.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - An innocent bystander was hospitalized after a shootout between two people at a Chevron gas station in New Port Richey on Saturday morning, according to police.

The New Port Richey Police Department says the two suspects began arguing in the parking lot and began shooting at each other. That's when the victim was hit in the lower body.

The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Both suspects were later found and arrested. 

Santos Gonzalez is charged with second-degree attempted homicide. Eugene Grady is charged with two counts of second-degree attempted homicide and shooting into an occupied structure.

An innocent bystander was hospitalized after a shootout at a Chevron gas station in New Port Richey.

Neecie Taje works at a bar across the street in the East Richey Square shopping plaza. She said bullets from the exchange traveled to her side of the street. One struck the building.

One victim in the parking lot was struck by a bullet. "He kind of stumbled over here and the day bartender let him in. He kind of staggered around," she said. 

An innocent bystander was hospitalized after a shootout at a Chevron gas station in New Port Richey.

Taje said the man was begging for help. She said, "It was absolutely out of the norm. This never happens." Multiple bystanders called 911. 

Police arrived shortly after and marked off the bar with yellow tape.

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The Source: Information for this story was provided by the New Port Richey Police Department.

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