DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies identified a 40-year-old suspect who died after a shooting on Saturday in Dania Beach as Melvin Presley, a convicted felon.
The Florida Department of Corrections had released Presley from prison on Nov. 7. He had been in and out of prison after 13 convictions in Collier County.
BSO deputies also identified a 19-year-old man who was injured on Saturday night outside of a 7-Eleven at 800 Stirling Road as Justin Kessel.
“The shooting occurred following separate armed robberies,” Gerdy St. Louis, a spokeswoman for BSO wrote in a statement released on Monday.
BSO identified the victims as a man and a store clerk. Kessel robbed the man at gunpoint in the parking lot and the clerk inside the store, according to St. Louis’s statement.
“Witnesses say Kessel ran back toward the male robbery victim, who had retrieved a firearm from his vehicle,” St. Louis wrote. “Detectives said the victim fired multiple shots, injuring Kessel.”
Presley, who was in a gray 2025 Honda CR-V, tried to run over the robbery victim, who then shot him, according to BSO deputies. Presley drove away, and detectives found him injured in the Honda, along Phippen Waiters Road, according to deputies.
“Presley sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was transported by paramedics to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment. He was later pronounced deceased,” St. Louis wrote. “The investigation into the circumstances of the robbery turned shooting remains active and ongoing.”
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