PALM BAY, Fla. – Palm Bay police on Sunday announced an arrest in connection to a shooting late Saturday that took a man’s life, according to a statement from the department.
The shooting was reported around 11 p.m. in the 1000 block of Cromey Road NE, where officers located a victim — identified only as a 48-year-old man — who was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, police said.
The department’s suspect, 24-year-old Thomas Pastor Jr., was ultimately located and taken into custody without incident, according to the statement. An investigation revealed ahead of Pastor’s capture that the incident was domestic in nature, police said.
Pastor was transported to Sharpes and faces a charge of second-degree murder; he’s currently being held on no bond, records show.
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