Man Shot At Stevenson's House

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Local6.com -
    A man was shot in the leg early Monday morning at the Windermere home of former Orlando Magic player DeShawn Stevenson, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

    The shooting happened at 1348 Lake Whitney Drive, which is located in the Reserve at Belmere gated community, at about 4 a.m.

    Curtis Ruff, 31, drove himself to Health Central Hospital in Winter Garden seeking treatment for gunshot wounds to his legs at about 4:30 a.m., but would not cooperate with deputies, according to officials.

    Stevenson was reportedly hosting a party when the shooting took place, and several NBA players were in attendance.</div>


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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> We've been able to obtain a copy of the incident report detailing what went down at DeShawn Stevenson's house in Orlando last night. Here's what is known: according to the report, a man named Curtis Ruff (31) drove himself to the hospital seeking treatment for gunshot wounds to his legs around 4:30 a.m. but would not cooperate with authorities.

    According to the report, Stevenson was sleeping when former Orlando Magic player Brandon Hunter and another man arrived at the house with some women. Ruff, who has an extensive criminal record, according to the report, showed up later and the shootout took place.

    "There was some sort of dispute or argument," said Orange County Sheriff's office spokesman Jim Solomons. "We know some shots were fired because there's bullet holes, there's blood in the car, we've got at least two vehicles shot up as well bullet holes in the house. Something happened here but nobody is really willing to tell us exactly what happened."

    The report filed by Police seems to repute an earlier media report that DeShawn was having some kind of party at the house when the incident took place. According to the incident report, DeShawn lives in a gated community with 24-hour security. According to the report, Ruff was driving a Silver Cadillac SUV when he entered the neighborhood through a front gate at 3:46 a.m. It's not clear from the report how he got past security but one of Stevenson's friends apparently told the guard to let the SUV in because he assumed it belonged to the women who were following.

    Once the SUV was near DeShawn's home, according to the report, the man identified as Ruff got out of his vehicle and engaged in an argument with one of the women. Hunter got into an argument with Ruff and then started towards DeShawn's house. That's when Ruff, according to the incident report, emerged from his vehicle and began firing an unknown variety of handgun (the police picked up several spent 9mm Luger shells - wasn't that a gun used by the Germans in WW II?) toward the residence. One of Stevenson's friends said that some of the bullets struck Stevenson's Lexus as well as the car that was driven by Hunter and also hit Stevenson's house. One of Stevenson's boys said that Ruff's car then rode up and down the street two or three times before leaving.

    According to the report, Stevenson was asleep in the house and did not see or hear anything until his friend and Hunter ran inside and told him to get down. According to the report, Stevenson's friend and Hunter told police that they did not fire back at Ruff (how' did Ruff wind up getting shot. Did he shoot himself?).

    According to the guard on duty, Ruff left the property at approximately 4:03 a.m. Hunter provided a sworn statement but Stevenson's friend refused. Stevenson, Hunter and Stevenson's friend did not wish to press charges.</div>


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