A 17-year-old, Antony Ramos, is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting 29-year-old Mario Jose Romero Alonzo inside a home in St. Lucie County, Florida, early Monday morning, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.Neighbor Tousssaint Vosant expressed shock about the incident.”I don’t know how it happened, but it happened, it’s so sad,” Toussaint said. “I’ve been living here for about 20 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it.”Sheriff Richard Del Toro said deputies responded to the scene at the 3200 block of Orleander Avenue at around 12:45 a.m. after receiving a call about a shooting. Alonzo, who had arrived on the Treasure Coast from Jacksonville three days earlier, was not the intended victim, according to the sheriff. Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News”He went there looking for the brother basically to settle a score from an issue at work where he was let go, and when he couldn’t find him or get access to him, he basically turned the gun on our victim,” Del Toro said.Investigators determined that Ramos fled the scene on foot and had relatives nearby. Ramos and his cousin, 20-year-old Florencio Martinez Ramos, who is facing an accessory after the fact charge, were taken into custody at around 8:30 a.m. after detectives conducted a traffic stop of a van in Port St. Lucie. Sheriff Del Toro described the case as “very sad, very sad and troubling.”Both suspects were taken into custody without incident, according to the sheriff.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. —
A 17-year-old, Antony Ramos, is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting 29-year-old Mario Jose Romero Alonzo inside a home in St. Lucie County, Florida, early Monday morning, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.
Neighbor Tousssaint Vosant expressed shock about the incident.
“I don’t know how it happened, but it happened, it’s so sad,” Toussaint said. “I’ve been living here for about 20 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Sheriff Richard Del Toro said deputies responded to the scene at the 3200 block of Orleander Avenue at around 12:45 a.m. after receiving a call about a shooting.
Alonzo, who had arrived on the Treasure Coast from Jacksonville three days earlier, was not the intended victim, according to the sheriff.
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“He went there looking for the brother basically to settle a score from an issue at work where he was let go, and when he couldn’t find him or get access to him, he basically turned the gun on our victim,” Del Toro said.
Investigators determined that Ramos fled the scene on foot and had relatives nearby. Ramos and his cousin, 20-year-old Florencio Martinez Ramos, who is facing an accessory after the fact charge, were taken into custody at around 8:30 a.m. after detectives conducted a traffic stop of a van in Port St. Lucie.
Sheriff Del Toro described the case as “very sad, very sad and troubling.”
Both suspects were taken into custody without incident, according to the sheriff.
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