DELTONA, Fla. – Two suspects in connection to a house shooting in Deltona last week were taken into custody.
Two men – Jamar Re’Shaun Battle, 18 and James Jermaine Cropper Jr., 18, – were taken into custody by the Orlando Police Department Gang Task Force after the department said four suspects attempted to break into a Deltona home on Nov. 19.
What we know:
Two men – Jamar Re’Shaun Battle, 18 and James Jermaine Cropper Jr., 18, – were taken into custody by the Orlando Police Department Gang Task Force after the department said four suspects attempted to break into a Deltona home on Nov. 19.
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FOX 35 obtained Ring camera footage of the incident. The video shows four suspects trying to break into a home. The individuals kept their heads and faces covered. When they couldn’t get inside, they started shooting into the home.
Video shows attempted break-in, gunfire at Deltona home
Newly released doorbell camera footage shows four suspects attempting to break into a Deltona home on Tuesday morning before opening fire when they failed to get inside, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
The backstory:
On Nov. 19, around 4 a.m., four suspects attempted to break into a home and then shot at the home. No one was hurt in the incident.
FOX 35 reported the victims had just moved to the area from another state.
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Volusia County deputies responded to the shooting and pursued the vehicle into Orange County before losing sight of it.
A masked suspects is shown on the camera of a Deltona home on Nov. 19.
The men were arrested in Orlando.
Their first court appearance took place in Orange County on Nov. 26. They are currently in the Orange County Jail.
Who are the suspects?
Authorities identified Battle and Cropper as two of the four suspects involved in the shooting.
Battle has 38 prior felony charges and 15 prior misdemeanors and Cropper has 22 prior felonies and 4 misdemeanors, police said.
It’s not known what led the investigators to identify them. The other two suspects have not been publicly identified at this time.
The Source: Information in this story was sourced from the Orlando Police Department.