According to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, there has been a shooting incident in unincorporated Melbourne Beach that resulted in one person being dead and another person injured.
The deputies received a 911 call around 6:30 p.m. reporting a male victim who was shot at Spessard Holland Park and was hospitalized in critical condition.
Meanwhile, as the deputies were responding, they encountered a vehicle on the Melbourne Causeway with occupants who flagged them down, and a person in the vehicle had been shot and was pronounced dead.
According to Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey’s Facebook post, the incident is believed to be gang-related and a truck fled the scene, but police were able to take two individuals into custody after stopping the vehicle.
