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Man Shot Outside Central Florida Bar After Refusing Drink From Shooter: Police

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  • Surveillance video outside the bar in Ocoee shows Lathon Yee pulling out a weapon and firing several shots at 39-year-old Eric Meeks.

A Central Florida man has turned himself in after police say he shot a man outside a bar after the victim refused to drink with him.

Surveillance video outside the bar in Ocoee, near Orlando, shows 39-year-old Lathon Yee pulling out a weapon and firing several shots at 39-year-old Eric Meeks. Yee fled the scene while Meeks also ran away after suffering a gunshot wound to his foot.

Officials say the shooting occurred after Meeks refused to take a shot of liquor with Yee, according to NBC affiliate WPTV.

Yee was charged with attempted second degree murder in the case.

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