The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 30-year-old man in connection to a shooting incident. Sheriff Tommy Ford reports that 30-year-old Tuvin Ja’kiel Holmes was arrested in connection to the shooting of another man at the entrance of Carillon Beach on the west end of Panama City Beach.
BCSO investigators arrested Holmes who is from North Carolina. BCSO says Holmes is now living in Bay County. Holmes has been charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
BCSO investigators are working to determine the circumstances leading up to the shooting. It is believed the two men worked together. BCSO thinks the men were involved in a verbal dispute that ended with the shooting. The victim is in stable condition at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
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