April 23, 2023

A Florida couple delivering groceries for Instacart said someone shot at them after they ended up at the wrong address. This seems similar to the case of Ralph Yardl, who was shot twice after going to the incorrect address to pick up his little brothers.

NBC reports:

A young South Florida couple feared for their lives when someone shot at them after they ended up at the wrong address in Southwest Ranches while delivering groceries.

Waldes Thomas said he was delivering for Instacart Saturday, and his girlfriend Diamond D'arville was with him. They were on the phone with the customer trying to find her address but ended up at another home on Southwest 178th Avenue. As they were about to drive off the property, they saw a flashlight.

"He's like, 'Who are you?' and we're saying we're with Instacart," D'arville said.

D'arville said they thought this could've been the person they were supposed to deliver to, but things took a terrible turn.

"The guy gets in his truck and reverses, and he pulls up behind us," D'arville said.

When they tried to get away, that's when she saw a man pull out a gun.

"I had seen him pull out a gun, and that's when I said, 'We got to go, we got to go,'" D'arville said. "I was scared, I'm not going to lie."

D'arville explained that her car was hit by gunfire several times. They pulled over about a block away and soon they were talking with Davie Police.

"We were there for Instacart, we were trying to tell him, and he went about it the wrong way — instead of just calling the police, saying I have trespassers on my lawn, he decided to shoot," Thomas said.

The police, however, seem to think it was legal.

"(A detective) asked if we wanted to prosecute and we agreed to do that, but he said since they didn't break any laws or do anything unlawful, they couldn't do anything because we were on their property," D'arville said.

Florida is a gun-friendly state, and apparently, it isn't as pro-life as it thinks it is, especially if you're a person of color.

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