POLK COUNTY, Fla. – One of three men captured on video carrying the body a man who had been shot to death out of a Davenport home has been arrested, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said Justin Jenkins, 29, was arrested over the weekend in Volusia County in connection with the shooting death of Xavier Antonio Johnson, 29.
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Deputies said Johnson was killed during a drug deal inside a home he was renting through Airbnb. The sheriff’s office said it was learned during the investigation that Johnson was selling marijuana from the house.
Deputies said three suspects, one of them armed with a gun, entered the house around 8:30 p.m. on April 13 and fatally shot Johnson.
Video shared on the Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page Saturday showed three men carrying Johnson’s body out of the house. The men took Johnson to the hospital, where he later died, officials said.
Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies are working to identify a second suspect who was seen in the surveillance video. The new video was released Monday and can be seen below.
Jenkins faces a first-degree murder charge and will be transferred to the Polk County Jail.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 863-298-6200, or Heartland Crime Stoppers at 800-226 TIPS to remain anonymous and potentially be eligible for a $5,000 cash reward
