A Florida man who had an ongoing beef with his neighbor allegedly shot him to death and then said, “How do you like me now?”
Polk County Sheriff’s deputies responded around 10 p.m. to a shots fired call in the 1100 block of Fleming Avenue in Lakeland. Deputies found the victim, 32-year-old Alfredo “Freddie” Alfaro-Astello, suffering from several gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced him dead on the scene.
According to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, detectives spoke to a neighbor who said she was inside her home when she heard four rapid-fire gunshots. She said hearing gunshots was “not out of the ordinary” so she didn’t think much of it. She said about 15 minutes later she and her husband walked out of their home and saw Alfaro-Astello laying on the ground in front of his home. They called 911.
Witnesses later reportedly said they saw the suspect, 38-year-old Clinton “CJ” Robinson Jr., holding a handgun and standing outside his home in front of an SUV with another man. They said they saw Robinson walk to the corner of the property and heard four gunshots, the affidavit said. They saw smoke coming from the area where Robinson stood and heard him say, “How do you like me now?” cops wrote. The other man ran away “like he saw a ghost,” the witnesses reportedly said. Robinson then quickly drove away, per the affidavit.