FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police arrested a suspect on Friday who fatally shot a man near Fort Lauderdale’s Executive Airport, authorities said.
According to Fort Lauderdale Police Spokeswoman Casey Liening, the suspect was identified as 25-year-old Alexander Vargas Perez.
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The shooting occurred around 8:15 a.m. on Dec.5., in the 1800 block of South Perimeter Road.
A woman told Local 10 News that she heard around seven gunshots and when she walked out of a nearby building, she found a man bleeding from his chest and head.
Witnesses said many panicked during the shooting and the driver of a red car sped away near the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel pronounced the man dead in the parking lot near a BMW that was riddled with bullets.
According to Liening, Perez was taken to the main jail. He faces a charge of first-degree murder.