KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A man was arrested Tuesday in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded in Kissimmee, police said.
Dontavis Lamar Jackson, 26, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and transported to the Osceola County Jail.
On June 21, at about 3:40 a.m., Kissimmee Police responded to the area of Hill Street and Henrietta Avenue in reference to a shooting. Officers said they found two people with gunshot wounds inside a car.
The driver, Edward James Murphy, 25, was shot multiple times, and the passenger had a grazing wound to the chest, police said.
Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, whose name was not released, had a grazing wound to the chest and was being treated at a local hospital.
Family members say Murphy was the father of two young children.
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