Two teenage Instacart drivers were shot at by a man in Florida after they drove into the wrong driveway on April 15.

Waldes Thomas Jr, 19, and his girlfriend, Diamond Darville, 18, were making a delivery in a residential neighborhood of Southwest Ranches, Florida when they approached the wrong home.

The homeowner then approached the delivery drivers, and at some point began firing at the them. Neither Thomas nor Darville were injured in the shooting, but the pair found multiple bullets lodged in their car and drove away with a flat tire.

The incident seems eerily similar to several other cases of gun violence following a mistaken address or location that broke out over the last week, including a cse where a 20-year-old in upstate New York was shot and killed after entering the wrong driveway.

However, the Davie Police Department declined to file any charges in the shooting, leading unanswered questions for both the public and Broward County State’s Attorney Harold Pryor, who opened an investigation into the incident on Friday.

Pryor’s office said that the police in Davie never contacted his office about the shooting, and the first time they heard about it was when they were asked for comment from a local TV news crew.

Police have since released the incident report from the shooting, which details how a case of mistaken address quickly descended into violence.

The property owner was identified as Antonio Caccavale, who used the site as a storage facility for equipment and vehicles for his construction business. Caccavale was on the property with his two children, ages 12 and 13, when he saw the Instacart drivers approach.

Caccavale called 911 and reported a ‘suspicious car crashing into things’ on his property. He told his 12-year-old son to approach the car and order them to leave.

‘Moments later, Antonio heard [his son] calling to him for help,’ the report reads. ‘Antonio ran to his son and observed the vehicle driving erratically and running into items on the property (logs, fence posts, boulders, etc).’

As Thomas reversed his car, he allegedly side-swiped Caccavale, running over his right foot.

Thomas then drove forward out of the driveway. As he fled the residence, Caccavale drew his handgun and fired three shots at the vehicle, which he said were intended to ‘disable’ the car’s tires.

The report also revealed that the Instacart delivery was ordered by Caccavale’s next-door neighbor, Daniel Jose Orta, who witnessed part of the confrontation.

‘Daniel observed Waldes pull into Antonio’s property. He then saw them begin to drive erratically in an attempt to exit the property. Then he heard three gunshots before the vehicle exited the property and drove away.’

Orta then ran over to Caccavale to explain that the car was just trying to deliver his groceries. When he approached Caccavale, he still had his gun in his hands.

But the teenage delivery drivers told a different story. They told NBC 6 South Florida they were scared when Caccavale approached them as they were trying to leave the home.

Darville said Caccavale approached them shining a flashlight in their eyes, demanding to know who they were. She said they told him they were with Instacart.

‘I had seen him pull out a gun, and that’s when I said, “we got to go, we got to go,”‘ Darville told the local station.

Thomas then rushed to get out of driveway. As he drove, the pair heard gunshots. They did not realize their car was hit until they pulled over on the side of the road a few miles away, where police found them.

Police eventually decided not file charges against anyone involved. ‘Each party appeared justified in their actions based on the circumstances they perceived,’ the report reads.

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