DeLAND, Fla. – Police have made an arrest after searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred early Saturday in DeLand.
In an update released Saturday night, officers said they located Edgar Martinez-Hernandez, 22, in the backyard of a home on West Haven Road.
Martinez-Hernandez allegedly matched the description of the suspect and was found with a loaded gun, police said. He was taken into custody without incident and faces a charge of possession of a weapon by an in-state felon, according to the update.
Officers were called at 3:51 a.m. to the intersection of West Beresford and South Parsons avenues, where a person who had been shot was located in a roadway, a prior news release states. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The suspect was described by police as a Hispanic man thought to be between 25 and 35 years old, wearing black shoes, black pants and a white shirt while carrying a black backpack. He had last been seen entering the Sha-De-Land Mobile Home Park, located at 1100 South Woodland Boulevard, police said.
The police department is withholding the victim’s identity pending notification of next of kin, it said in a statement.
Anyone with information about the case, or with footage related to it, is encouraged to submit a tip online or to call the DeLand Police Department at 386-626-7400.
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