SOUTHEAST TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) said a man was killed in an early Saturday morning shooting.
Police said they responded to the Jackson Masonic Lodge in reference to a shooting at around 1:39 a.m. on Oct. 31.
When officers arrived, they found a man shot multiple times. He was taken to the hospital, where police say he later died.
TPD said during the investigation, detectives developed information identifying 25-year-old Deronco V. Parker Jr. as the suspect in the shooting.
According to police, evidence indicated the shooting occurred after the suspect and victim encountered one another and became involved in a verbal altercation, during which the suspect produced a handgun and shot the victim.
Officials said Parker was located and taken into custody at around 10: 44 a.m. on Oct. 31 and charged with second-degree murder
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