DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – An arrest has been made months after a 20-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting in Daytona Beach.
Javin Clayton, 20, was arrested on Friday on several charges, including first-degree murder.
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The fatal shooting happened on Jan. 9 on Tucker Street, between North Nova Road and U.S. 1. Daytona Beach officers found a man, identified as 20-year-old Travis Hubbert Jr., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a driveway. According to police, officers were told a vehicle drove by and someone fired several shots at the man and the home.
Hubbert was taken to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where he was later pronounced dead.
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According to an affidavit, five people, including the victim, were standing on the street when a Chevy Trax drove past and shot at the group. The vehicle did not belong to Clayton, but he was borrowing it from someone.
Police learned the shooter, Clayton, told a friend he recently shot someone and shot the wrong person, according to the affidavit.
Clayton was found guilty in April 2022 in a separate case of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and served over a year in prison.
He was arrested and faces charges of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, firing a weapon from a vehicle and first-degree murder. He is held on no bond.
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