A young South Florida couple feared for their lives when someone shot them after ending up at the wrong address in Southwest Ranches while delivering groceries.
Waldes Thomas said he was delivering to Instacart Saturday and his girlfriend Diamond D’arville was with him. They were on the phone with the customer trying to find his address, but ended up at another house on Southwest 178th Avenue. As they were about to leave the property, they saw a flashlight.
“He says, ‘Who are you?’ and we’re saying we’re with Instacart,” D’arville said.
D’arville said they thought this might have been the person they were supposed to deliver to, but things took a terrible turn.
“The guy gets in his truck and backs up, and he pulls up behind us,” D’arville said.
As they tried to run away, that’s when he saw a man pull out a gun.
“I had seen him pull out a gun and that’s when I was like, ‘We’ve got to go, we’ve got to go,'” D’arville said. “I was scared, I’m not going to lie.”
D’arville said his car was hit several times. They stopped about a block away and were soon talking to Davie police.
“We were there for Instacart, we were trying to tell him, and he did it the wrong way: instead of calling the police, saying I have trespassers on my lawn, he decided to shoot,” Thomas said.
Davie Police confirmed with NBC6 that a gun was fired at a home on Southwest 178th Avenue.
“We can confirm that a firearm was discharged at a residence in the 6500 block of SW 178th Ave in Southwest Ranches on the 15th. There were no injuries,” Davie Police said in a statement to NBC6 , adding that they were unable to release specific data. information and that the case was active.
“(A detective) asked if we wanted to prosecute and we agreed to do so, but he said since they didn’t break any laws or do anything illegal, they couldn’t do anything because we were on their property,” D ‘ Arville said.
The couple are reminded of similar stories just in the past week of people at the wrong address and being shot. They want the person who shot them to be held accountable.
“It’s not okay, even if you have a gun, I understand you’re trying to protect your family, but you don’t go out shooting,” D’arville said. “We’re telling you what we’re here, we’re trying to leave and you’re blocking us, it could have been in our way and they’ve made it bigger than it was.”
NBC6 stopped by the home where the couple said they stopped, but we were unable to enter the property.
“The safety of the entire Instacart community is incredibly important to us, and we take immediate action when we receive reports of violence or threats of violence against any member of the Instacart community,” Instacart said in a statement to NBC6. “We have contacted the buyer and will cooperate with law enforcement in any ongoing investigation.”
Instacart added that they have several security resources in place for their shoppers and that any incidents should be reported and will be investigated by their security team.
