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Sheriff: Gunman arrested in slaying of man near Cocoa

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday in the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man near Cocoa, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said.

Bobby Lamar Malcolm Jr., of Cocoa, fatally shot PrinceSullman Gana Mohammed, of Merritt Island, early Sunday, Ivey said.

Investigators said Malcolm and Mohammed were doing drugs in a Cocoa home and went for a ride in a vehicle that was being driven by a woman, who wasn't publicly identified.

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Malcolm pulled out a gun and pointed it at Mohammed while ordering the woman to drive, deputies said.

Detectives said Malcolm mortally wounded Mohammed while they traveling west on the Eau Gallie Causeway in Melbourne before ordering the woman to drive to Satellite Boulevard near Cocoa, where he dumped the body.

Ivey said the woman convinced Malcolm to let her drive them to an undisclosed location in Cocoa, where she escaped the vehicle, sought shelter and called police.

Investigators said they found Mohammed's body in a remote area along Satellite Boulevard.

Watch deputies take Malcolm to jail below:

"I would like to personally thank everyone involved in successfully closing this senseless crime and in quickly getting a violent criminal off our streets," Ivey said.

Malcolm was booked into the Brevard County Jail on murder, assault, kidnapping, burglary and weapons charges.

Malcolm, who's being jailed without bail, is set to face a judge Monday afternoon.

No other details were given.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Brevard County Agent Nick Walker at 321-633-8413 or Crimeline at 800-423-8477.