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5 people recovering from shooting, crash in Pine Hills

Photos: Several shot in Pine Hills house

Orange County deputies are searching for the gunman responsible for firing dozens of shots at a truck driving through Pine Hills, Wednesday afternoon.

The gunfire forced the driver to lose control, plowing into a home on Westbury Drive near Silver Star Road, around 4:30pm.

A mother and her two children, 4 and 16-years-old, were in the home at the time.

Two others in the truck, Thomas Martin, 20, and Jabaris Kilpatrick, 35, were injured in the shooting. Investigators said the driver was shot in the head and killed.

"Possibly either he was injured, or dead, or dying when he ran into the home," said Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesperson, Jeff Williamson.

The driver has not been identified.

Witnesses say they heard as many as 50 gunshots fired before the crash.

"I heard like 30 gunshots. I paused and I probably heard like 20 more," said one witness, who did not want to be identified. "I knew it was to be somewhere very close because they sounded very powerful. I ran to my child's room."

"Hopefully the shooter will be caught... and justice will be served," said Janice Kilpatrick, whose son was hurt in the crash. She says he shot several times, but is awake and talking.

The other man, along with the mother and her children, are expected to be okay.

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