Teens working for Instacart get shot at after going to wrong address

Two teenagers were shot at when they accidentally drove up to the wrong address while delivering groceries for Instacart in south Florida.

Waldes Thomas was delivering for Instacart when he and his girlfriend, Diamond D’arville, who was in the car with him, ended up at the wrong home April 15, he told NBC South Florida.

The young couple was on the phone with the customer looking for the right address but mistakenly ended up at a different home on Southwest 178th Avenue in Southwest Ranches.

The teens realized their mistake and were about to drive off the property when a man waved a flashlight toward them.

“He’s like, ‘Who are you?’ and we’re saying, ‘We’re with Instacart,’ ” D’arville told the outlet.

D’arville said that at first, she and her boyfriend thought the man could have been the customer they were looking for — until the guy got into his truck and pulled up directly behind them.

“The guy gets in his truck and reverses, and he pulls up behind us,” D’arville said.

As the pair tried to drive off, the man pulled out a gun.

“That’s when I said, ‘We got to go, we got to go,’ ” D’arville said. “I was scared, I’m not going to lie.”

D’arville’s car was hit several times by gunfire. The couple pulled over about a block away to contact the police.

“We were there for Instacart, we were trying to tell him, and he went about it the wrong way — instead of just calling police, saying, ‘I have trespassers on my lawn,’ he decided to shoot,” Thomas said.

The Davie Police Department confirmed to NBC6 that a gun went off at a home on Southwest 178th Avenue but said that it will not be filing charges against anyone.

“[A detective] asked if we wanted to prosecute, and we agreed to do that, but he said since they didn’t break any laws or do anything unlawful, [cops] couldn’t do anything because we were on their property,” D’arville said of the gunman.

According to a police report obtained by the outlet, the couple drove onto the property of Antonio Caccavale, who was home with his two children, ages 12 and 13.

Caccavale told police he saw a car driving erratically on the property and that the vehicle ended up running over his foot and causing him to dive out of the way. He then drew his handgun and fired several rounds at the tires of the car as it drove away, the reports said.

D’arville and Thomas told police they thought they were at the correct address while delivering groceries but that as they were reversing off the property, they drove over a boulder.

The pair said Caccavale began grabbing onto the car, so they tried to leave, and that’s when they heard gunshots, the reports said.

Police said each party appeared “justified in their actions based on the circumstances they perceived.”

The two teenagers said they have noticed an uptick in similar stories — including that of a 20-year-old upstate New York girl who was fatally shot last week, after her boyfriend pulled into the wrong driveway when looking for a party.

“It’s just not right — even if you have a gun, I understand you’re trying to protect your family, but you don’t come outside shooting,” D’arville said. “We’re telling you [why] we’re here, we’re trying to leave, and you’re blocking us in. [We] could’ve just been on our way, and they made it bigger than what it was.”

In a statement, Instacart said it has several safety resources for its shoppers.

“The safety of the entire Instacart community is incredibly important to us, and we take immediate action when we receive reports of violence or threats of violence made against any member of the Instacart community,” the company said in a statement.

“We have reached out to the shopper and will cooperate with law enforcement on any ongoing investigation.”