Staff report

NEWBERRY, Fla. – David Dwayne Martin, Jr., 19, was arrested yesterday after a man was shot and killed in Newberry.

At about 11:45 a.m. on May 25, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 25700 block of NW 7th Place and found a man who had been shot in the chest; he was transported to a hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Deputies at the scene spoke to Martin, who claimed to be the shooter, and detained him.

Post Miranda at the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Martin reportedly said the firearm used in the shooting was a 9mm Glock 19 Gen5 with a laser/strobe light and an extended 17-round magazine. He said that after the shooting, he fled to “Triangle Park” (120 NW 260th Street), where he gave the firearm to someone else before returning to the scene of the shooting. He also reportedly said that before the shooting, he had been in a vehicle with the firearm concealed in a backpack, and he put the gun in his pocket before shooting and killing the victim.

A witness reportedly told a deputy that a biracial male matching Martin’s description had run to a grill near the witness’s residence and put something inside. ASO personnel reportedly found a firearm inside the grill that exactly matched Martin’s description.

Martin also reportedly said that after the shooting, he gave the gun to a “friend,” whom he described as a tall Caucasian male with long hair. When deputies asked him to reconcile the differing accounts of his actions after the shooting, he reportedly asked for an attorney.

Based on the evidence available at this time, Martin has been charged with unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm and tampering with evidence. The shooting death is still under investigation.

Martin has no local criminal history. Judge Luis Bustamante set bail at $500,000.

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