CELEBRATION, Fla. — Osceola County deputies arrested and charged two people after a teen was shot in the back at a Publix in Celebration.
Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez said deputies responded to the grocery store on Celebration Avenue around 2:40 p.m. on Oct. 11.
According to Lopez, the shooting occurred following an argument between the shooter and victim, who officials say, knew each other and had “beef.”
The 17-year-old victim, who was transported to Orlando Regional Hospital, identified the suspect as 17-year-old Morrell Lee Jr.
Deputies also identified a blue vehicle involved in the incident and the 18-year-old driver, Maliky Blair. The vehicle was registered to an individual in Polk County, where detectives served a search warrant and recovered firearms and live ammunition.
Both individuals were arrested and charged. Blair was booked into the Polk County jail and faces a criminal traffic violations charge. Officials say more are forthcoming.
Lee was transported to a juvenile detention center on several charges, including:
- Premeditated Murder (Attempted)
- Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon
- Discharging Firearm in Public
- Improper Exhibition of Firearm
- Possession of Firearm by Adjudicated Delinquent
- Possess of Firearm by Juvenile
The sheriff’s office says while the investigation is still ongoing, this is an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the public.