Polk County, FL –  Right now, deputies are on the scene of a shooting in Fort Meade.

According to authorities, several hundred people were gathered in the area of French Avenue between 6th and 7th Street at the ballfields around 8:30 p.m. A fight broke out and witnesses tell authorities that shots were fired. When Deputies arrived on-scene, they found one adult male victim who had been shot.

He was transported to Bartow Regional Medical Center in critical condition.

The investigations as deputies are still on-scene interviewing witnesses. 

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