POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Three Orlando men were arrested in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old in unincorporated Haines City, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said deputies found the 26-year-old victim shot in the area of Lake Marion Creek and Midway roads on Saturday, Sept. 24 around 12:35 a.m., after receiving calls of a man stumbling in the road and covered in blood.
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Deputies said the man had multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital, where he died.
The sheriff’s office said Felix Jomar Agosto Velazquez, 25; Joel Javier Ortega, 29; and Bryan Jose Colon Deleon, 26, were arrested and were friends of the victim.
The three face charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
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