TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is searching for the person who shot a man in the head and left him to die inside of a mobile home on Thursday.
Deputies were called to the Mel Mar Village Mobile Home Park, located on 14th Street West in Bradenton, where a person was found with a “severe gunshot wound to his head.”
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The victim, described as a 23-year-old Hispanic man, died shortly after paramedics arrived to the home.
A witness told detectives that the male shooter and the gunshot victim were involved in an argument, which was likely over drugs, before the shooting, according to a release from MCSO. The suspect left the area before deputies arrived.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office at (941) 747-3011, or to remain anonymous and to be eligible for a cash reward, contact Manatee County Crime Stoppers at (866) 634-8477 (TIPS) or online at the Manatee Crime Stoppers website .