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Police name person of interest in deadly Ocala gas-station robbery

A person of interest was named Friday in the fatal shooting of an Ocala gas station clerk, the Ocala Police Department said.

Keon'dre Duncan, 18, was named a person of interest in last Friday’s robbery of Jiffy Food Store on NW 10th Street, Ocala police Sgt. Jamie Buchbinder said.

Gas station clerk Ujjcal Patel, 33, was fatally shot in the robbery, Buchbinder said.

Duncan is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 170 pounds.

Anyone with information on Duncan’s whereabouts is asked to call Ocala police Detective Jeff Hurst at 352-369-7189, OPD at 352-369-7000 or Crime Stoppers at 352-368-7867.

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