LAKE PLACID, Fla. — An elderly man was arrested for murder after police said he shot his housemate to death on Monday night.
The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said they were called to a home on Sarasota Street in Lake Placid around 5 p.m. about the shooting. When deputies arrived, they found the victim dead in the front yard, along with 70-year-old Rosalio Astorga Sanchez, who admitted to being the shooter.
According to deputies, Sanchez said he was angry that the 40-year-old victim beat up another man who lived in the home. When the man who was beaten up fled the home, Sanchez went inside, grabbed a pistol, walked back out and shot the victim.
Sanchez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. There is no other information available at this time.
'Cruise lights' on Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office patrol cars raise questions, confusion among drivers
Every driver knows that when you see red and blue flashing lights on a patrol car, you slow down, pull over, or get out of the way.
But in Hillsborough County, drivers will also now see deputies with their lights on, but not flashing. They're called "cruise lights," and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) recently implemented their use on all patrol vehicles.
