Man dies after shooting in Caribbean Market parking lot, suspect arrested

A man has been charged with second-degree murder following a deadly shooting in West Palm Beach’s Pleasant City neighborhood last week.

Jarvis Lee Williams, 31, was arrested in connection with the May 9 shooting death of Joseph Key Jr.

The incident occurred around 10:19 p.m. and was captured by multiple surveillance cameras in the area. According to the probable cause affidavit, Williams and Key became involved in a verbal altercation in the parking lot of the Caribbean Market before both men drew firearms.

The West Palm Beach Police Department’s ShotSpotter system detected 16 total gunshots during the incident in the span of 10 seconds. The exchange of gunfire left Key with a fatal gunshot wound to his left thigh…

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