After a man was shot and killed in his car at a grocery store in West Palm Beach, police say they arrested the person responsible on Thursday afternoon.
The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) said on August 23 at around 7 p.m., a ShotSpotter gunshot alert reported eight rounds were fired on Tamarind Avenue, off 20th Street.
At the scene, officers found the victim— Tysen Mikenzie Cox. Detectives said the 21-year-old was shot while he was driving his car. Cox continued driving north for a short distance, then crashed into another car on 25th Street before collapsing. Bystanders pulled Cox from the car and began CPR, but he died on the scene, police said.
Following an investigation, the shooter was identified asDenzel Jackson, WPBPD determined. Police said Jacksonopened fire on Cox as he sat in his car outside a grocery store.
WPBPD said 9mm bullet casings were recovered at the scene along with other evidence that allowed police to obtain a warrant for Jackson’s arrest.
Jackson was taken into custody before noon on Thursday at his apartment by WPBPD and the U.S. Marshal’s South Florida Fugitive Task Force. While Jackson denied his involvement in the shooting, he told detectivesdetectives he argued with Cox hours before the murder.
The 25-year-old was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on one count of first-degree murder with a firearm.
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