ORANGE, Texas — Detectives with the Orange Police Department are headed to Louisiana Tuesday as they investigate a Monday night shooting that left one man in serious condition.
Police have not yet been able to speak to Daricko Stevens, 21, of Louisiana, who remains in a Southeast Texas hospital in serious condition after being shot multiple times, according to Captain Robert Enmon of the Orange Police Department.
They are looking for up to four suspects they believe have returned to heir home state of Louisiana Enmon told 12News Tuesday morning.
Detectives are headed to Eunice, Louisiana, to speak to detectives there today about the case Enmon said.
They believe the shooting was not random but stemmed from an ongoing situation between the suspects and Stevens according to Capt. Enmon.
Officers responded to a shots fired call at a home in the 400 block of Knox Avenue just before 8 p.m. Monday and found Stevens suffering from gunshot wounds according to a news release from the Orange Police Department.
Stevens was taken by Acadian Ambulance to CHRISTUS Southeast Texas - St. Elizabeth where he underwent surgery Monday night according to Enmon.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.