TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Titusville police said a man was shot and killed at the 1000 block of South Park Avenue Sunday afternoon.
Police said DeNathan Nartarious Carter, 27, of Cocoa, was found on a roadway behind the Park Villas apartments in Titusville.
Ward said he doesn't know why someone would do this to his nephew.
"I'm at a loss for words. There's not much else I can say. Just really hurt because he was a good person at heart," Carter's uncle, Joseph Ward, said. "I just hope they find the person or the people who killed him."
Titusville police are asking anyone who has information to contact them at 321-264-7800 or call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.
Titusville Police are responding to a report of a shooting on the 1000 block of South Park Avenue. Officers are on scene and scene is secure. This is an active investigation.
— Titusville Police FL (@TitusvillePD) August 11, 2019
Happening now: Titusville Police are on South Deleon Avenue right now investigating. They have not confirmed what’s happening here yet, but they are also on South Park Avenue four minutes away investigating reports of a shooting. @WFTV pic.twitter.com/pmYIRmk9cb
— Ashley Edlund (@AshleyEdlund) August 11, 2019
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