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Florida tow driver facing murder charges after shooting
May 20, 2021
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MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) A Florida tow truck driver is facing murder charges after police say he fatally shot a man who had come to retrieve his vehicle from a tow yard.
Polk County sheriff s deputies say Michael Shane Denn II, 29, was jailed Thursday without bail on a second-degree murder charge. Jail records did not list an attorney for him.
Investigators say Denn fatally shot Juan Barroso-Muriel, 35, who had gotten into a dispute with Denn s brother while waiting for his vehicle to be retrieved.
When Barroso-Muriel got his vehicle back, deputies say Marshall Denn, the tow driver s brother, began punching him through an open window.
Florida tow truck owner shoots, kills driver in tow yard brawl, deputies say
The fatal incident started when a Lakeland man retrieved his car from the Mulberry towing yard, according to the Polk County Sheriffâs Office.
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Michael Shane Denn II, 29, faces a charge of second-degree murder, according to the Polk County Sheriff s Office. [ Polk County Sheriff s Office ]
By Sara Megan-Walsh
Updated 1 hour ago
MULBERRY â A Lakeland man was arrested on second-degree murder charges Monday night after a fight at his tow company yard turned deadly.
Michael Shane Denn II, 29, was arrested by Polk County Sheriff deputies after the Sheriffâs Office said he shot and killed a man after an argument at his business, Strapped Transport Towing and Recovery in Mulberry. Denn is being held without bail.
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Tow shop owner shot man who refused to wait for vehicle, deputies say
Ken Suarez reports
MULBERRY, Fla. - The owner of a towing company is behind bars, his brother has been rushed to the hospital, and a customer is dead after an argument turned deadly Monday night.
The ordeal started off in a mobile home park in north Lakeland. Polk County detectives say Juan Barosso did not have the right decal on his vehicle, so it was towed to Strapped Transport Towing and Recovery in Mulberry.
After paying his bill, Barosso was told he d have to wait for his car. That s when, investigators say, he got into an argument that quickly escalated.