Two minors are recovering after they were shot at an Orlando park. It happened Monday evening at Poppy Park, on Lescot Lane off Raleigh Street.

The shooters were four teenagers. Police said the boys opened fire at the park where dozens of people were gathered.  

“That incident happened in the courtyard over there where they play basketball,” neighbor Eddie Maldonado said.

Orlando police said 30 to 40 people were gathered in Poppy Park when an officer patrolling the area saw several young men get out of a sedan and open fire, shooting two young people.

The vehicle tried to get away, but the officer was able to stop the car after a brief pursuit. Inside were four teenagers and several firearms.

Those boys, two 15-year-olds and two 17-year-olds, were arrested. They are charged with attempted murder with injuries, conspiracy to commit murder and multiple felonies related to the possession of the firearms. We are not releasing their names per our Crime Guidelines.

“How do they get their hands on these guns?” Maldonado asked.

Maldonado said he is moving out of the neighborhood to get away from the violence.

“I just don’t understand it,” he said. “I don’t let my grandchildren cross the street. They gotta stay right here where I can see ‘em.”

He said he has seen a rise in teen crime and said gun control is the problem.

“Who is providing these guns?” Maldonado asked. “We gotta get into that. Invest all of our power and knowledge into finding out where they are getting these guns.”

It’s a problem that the Orange County Sheriff’s Office is trying to get in front of. Just last week Sheriff Jerry Demings said his department takes about 2,500 guns off the street every year. Yet teens are still getting access to guns.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said so far this year there have been more than 1,300 violent crimes committed in unincorporated Orange County. More than 500 of those suspects are teens.

The two people injured in Monday night’s gunfire suffered non-life threatening injuries. But now four teens will face consequences for violent life-changing actions.