LAKE PLACID, Fla. – 5 individuals face homicide costs after Highlands County deputies say the group violently robbed a 21-year-old man in a lodge room, leaving him shot to dying.
The backstory:
The sheriff’s workplace says the capturing occurred final Thursday, Might 8, on the Ramada Inn off U.S. 27 in Lake Placid.
In line with HCSO, deputies discovered the physique of Elijah Daley in a room on the lodge.
Courtesy: Highlands County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Deputies say three individuals who initially claimed to be witnesses instructed investigators that they have been within the room with Daley when a masked man pressured his means in and shot the sufferer 3 times throughout a wrestle.
Detectives say it turned clear inside hours that these three individuals – J’Mari Mitchell, 18, La’niyah Mcleod, 19, and Yoshabelle Edouard, 19 – had been concerned in organising the theft that led to the capturing.
The sheriff’s workplace says surveillance video helped determine the suspected shooter as Latarius Johnson, 26, who was arrested on Friday night time in Sebring.
Jyer’Markis Jenkins, 20, is accused of driving Johnson to and from the scene, with deputies saying he was arrested after a high-speed pursuit.
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What’s subsequent:
All 5 suspects face first-degree homicide costs, whereas Johnson can be charged with armed theft.
The sheriff’s workplace says the suspects may face the dying penalty if prosecutors resolve to pursue capital punishment.
The Supply: This story was written with info from the Highlands County Sheriff’s Workplace.
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