A Hollywood man with at least one gunshot wound exited his lunch truck at a red light Friday afternoon and collapsed in a busy roadway in western Boca Raton, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
As of Saturday afternoon, the man, who is in his early 50s, remains in critical condition at a nearby hospital while deputies try to piece together where — and why — he was shot.
“The shooting didn’t take place where the end result was,” said Teri Barbera, a spokesperson for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. “We don’t know where the shooting took place.”
Sometime between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m., deputies responded to a truck stopped at a red light in the 7500 block of Glades Road in the westbound lanes. Barbera said the truck was a mobile food truck.
A witness a few vehicles behind saw the man step out of the truck and collapse in the road. The truck, still in drive, rolled forward and stopped at the median.
The witness did not observe any altercation or gunshots, Barbera said. The lunch truck had no gunshot defects.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help to determine what transpired Friday afternoon.
“We don’t know where he came from or anything,” Barbera said.
The victim’s name is being withheld under Marsy’s Law, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that allows crime victims to withhold identifying information from the public.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS.
