Second suspect connected to fatal Ackerman park shooting arrested
The second suspect in the fatal shooting at Sarasota's Ackerman Park has been arrested.
Authorities have charged Nyquan Priester, 20, with second-degree murder and discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of any person.
After an extensive investigation, Priester was arrested Thursday in upstate New York. According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, detectives worked in partnership with the agency’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and members of the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force to locate Priester near Utica.
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Priester is waiting for extradition to Sarasota County to face his charges.
The first suspect, Kalvion Turner, 20, voluntarily turned himself into the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office last week. He faces a single count of principal to second-degree murder with a firearm.
Just before 11:00 p.m. on Dec. 29, deputies responded to reports of gunshots at the park. According to witnesses, a crowd of roughly 50 people was gathered in the park when several guns shots were fired from the backseat of a vehicle in the parking lot.
One of the bullets hit a bystander in the back. People drove him away from the scene, meeting paramedics in another parking lot nearby where he was pronounced dead.
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Nyquan Priester charged with second-degree murder after park shooting
