A suspect has been arrested in the case of a correction representative who has been shot and killed In South Florida Last week.
Kevin Benette, 32, was arrested on Thursday and is confronted with charges of murder in the first degree, according to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Palm Beach County Sheriff.
Palm Beach County Corrections Deputy Basil Powell was “focused last week and in an ambush while he returned home” in Belle Glade.
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Basil Powell was identified by the Sheriff’s Office of Palm Beach County as the victim of the “targeted” attack. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
Security images that are restored from the house show Powell and his 5-year-old daughter who leave their vehicle and walk to the front door. It is at that time that a shooter of about 25 feet is approaching and brings him into an ambush.
“When he left his vehicle, he was immediately fired,” the Sheriff’s Office said.
Powell then closes his daughter and protects her with his body, according to judicial documents.
“It’s a family here, so if we lose someone who is part of the desk, everyone takes it pretty hard,” said Bradshaw.
A suspect was arrested in the case of a correction -representative who was shot down and killed in Zuid -Florida last week. (Fox News)
He says that the suspect is ‘no stranger to violence’ and mentioned a long list of earlier loads, ranging from battery, worsened battery, burglary, theft, exacerbated domestic stalking, domestic violence by strangulation and false imprisonment.
“If you have someone like this who has violent tendencies, she doesn’t care. It doesn’t matter to them. Looking in the United States, how much law enforcement Officers are killed Just walking to a car, you know. There is no rhyme or reason for it. These are just violent people, and they do violent things, “said Bradshaw Thursday.
Palm Beach County Corrections Deputy Basil Powell was “focused on Monday evening and in an ambush while he returned home” to Belle Glade.
Bradshaw says that the motive is clear.
“The girlfriend of (Powell) is an earlier girlfriend of the suspect,” said Bradshaw. “I think he was extremely agitated about that and that he decided to kill our delegate. … The motive is not difficult to find out here.”
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During the press conference, De Sheriff took the time to praise the detectives involved in making the arrest.
“They worked around the clock,” said Bradshaw. “Many of them didn’t even go to sleep. They received great forensic proof. So I had to give them my hats. It was a difficult thing to start with.”
He says this is the fourth deputy that they have lost in less than 90 days.
