Broward Sheriff’s Office V.I.P.E.R. (Violence Intervention Proactive Enforcement Response) detectives arrested two suspects late Thursday afternoon who were wanted for a fatal shooting that occurred last week in Dania Beach.
At approximately 3 a.m. on July 18, Broward County Regional Communications received a call about a shooting near the 1500 block of South Federal Highway in Dania Beach.
BSO deputies, Hollywood police officers, and Hollywood Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene and discovered a man suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Paramedics later pronounced him dead on the scene at 3:18 a.m.
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Detectives with BSO’s Crime Scene and Homicide units were notified and responded to the scene to investigate and determined 37-year-old Katherine Farris and 37-year-old Charles Alford were the suspects responsible for the homicide and obtained arrest warrants.
On Thursday, detectives located and arrested Alford and Farris.
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Both suspects were booked at BSO’s Main Jail and face one count each for first-degree murder.
Alford faces an additional charge for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
