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Florida convenience store employee charged with fatally shooting off-duty police officer

Eduardo Labrada Machado, 24, said he feared off-duty officer David Jewell due to past encounters and argued with him before fatally shooting him with a recently purchased handgun.

  • Eduardo Labrada Machado, 24, fatally shot off-duty Edgewater police officer David Jewell, 45, at a Circle K gas station in Daytona Beach, Florida on Monday.
  • Labrada Machado had allegedly seen Jewell with a firearm before and was afraid of him, though the exact motive for the shooting is unclear.
  • Labrada Machado, a legal U.S. resident with a green card, has a history of mental illness and hearing voices, according to his family.
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Florida convenience store employee charged with fatally shooting off-duty police officer

Authorities say a Florida convenience store employee has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting an off-duty police officer.

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