PANAMA CITY BEACH — Deputies completed an investigation into a report of gunshots fired from a Front Beach Road motel Saturday night without an arrest.
The Sheriff’s Office was called to the Coconut Grove Motor Inn around 11 p.m. Saturday. They found a man sitting on the balcony outside of room 214 who said he had just been jumped but he didn’t know who jumped him, according to a report.
The deputy noticed four spent bullet shells on the ground near room 214. No one was shot in the incident.
A woman said she’d been walking near the staircase and saw another man lying on the ground. She went to see if he was all right and she saw an arm extend out of room 214 and fire several shots. She could not see who was holding the gun, but she said the shooter wore a black long-sleeve T-shirt.
The woman pointed out the man she had seen on the ground, who was sitting on a chair at the end of the balcony pressing a rag to the side of his head. He said he had been attempting to help someone down the hallway when someone hit him.
Paramedics checked on the injured man, who declined to go to the hospital.
The man staying in room 214 said three other people were staying with him, but he hadn’t seen them in a while. The deputy searched the room and didn’t find a gun.
The deputy got a list of the people registered to the room from the manager, who wanted the man in room 214 evicted.
Unless further information about the incident is developed, the investigation is closed, said BCSO spokeswoman Ruth Corley.