OKEECHOBEE —  A local teen was arrested this week after allegedly shooting a weapon from a moving vehicle.

Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Detective Michael Cauley was dispatched to Dewberry Gardens on January 16 regarding the incident.

According to the arrest report, no one was injured in the shooting, but a firearm and spent shell casings were recovered from the scene. A vehicle was found crashed into a concrete mailbox on Northwest 32^nd Avenue. Deputy Reno explained to the detective that he was dispatched to the area and saw the crashed car. Witnesses told him a skinny male dressed in black ran from the car with a gun and threw it into the woods. No one saw the actual shooting.

While he was investigating, a woman called to report that she and a man were involved in the incident. She said she had a video of the shooting. She explained she brought her friend to the area to fight with Aaren Gancerez, but when they got there, they saw a car leaving. The car turned in front of them, a gun was pointed out the passenger side window and eight shots were fired. She provided the video to back up her story.

Gancerez reportedly told detectives he was leaving to go to the store when he saw the man in the road acting crazy. He said he saw something in the man’s hands and thought it was a gun, so he fired in self-defense. He said he was scared and unsure how many shots he fired.

The teen who was reportedly driving the car told detectives he did not know if the other man had a gun. He did not know who Gancerez was shooting at or how many shots were fired. The teen was identified as Florencio Rangel. He was also arrested and was charged with tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact because he allegedly claimed he was the one who got rid of the gun.

Gancerez, 19, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Bond was set at $50,000.