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Deputies: 1 man dead in Brevard County, man in question detained

Deputies: 1 man dead in Brevard County, man in question detained
SMUGGLING ATTEMPT. AT LEAST 15 OTHERS IN THE TRUCK WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY AND WE WILL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE LEARN MORE. A DEATH INVESTIGATION THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING IS STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE TONIGHT IN UNINCORPORATED COCOA. DEPUTIES SAY SOMEONE CALLED 911 TELLING THEM A MAN HAD TOLD THEM THAT HE KILLED SOMEONE. STEWART: WESH 2’S SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS IS LIVE FROM THE SCENE NOW. SENAIT, THE MAN IN QUESTION HAS NOW BEEN DETAINED. SENAIT: THAT’S RIGHT. DEPUTIES FOUND THE MAN AFTER A SEARCH AND THEN FOUND A PERSON DEAD IN A HOME ON SOUTH RIDGEWOOD DRIVE. CRIME SCENE TAPE IS SURROUNDING THIS HOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THE INVESTIGATION. >> IT IS A SHOCK. IT’S A VERY BIG SHOCK. SENAIT: RESIDENTS IN THIS SHARPES NEIGHBORHOOD WERE ON EDGE MONDAY MORNING AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS CROWDED THE AREA. INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN PIECING TOGETHER WHAT LEAD TO A PERSON’S DEATH. >> I JUST HOPE THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND FIGURE IT OUT QUICK FOR OUR SAKES. SENAIT: BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A RESIDENT CALLED 911 AT 11:00 A.M., TELLING THEM A MAN HAD TOLD THEM THAT HE KILLED SOMEONE. THE CALLER SAID THE MAN THEN LEFT. THE MAN THE CALLER DESCRIBED WAS DETAINED AFTER DEPUTIES FOUND HIM IN THE AREA. THEY FOUND A PERSON DEAD IN A HOME ON SOUTH RIDGEWOOD DRIVE. >> SCARY FOR MY FAMILY AT THE MOMENT. SENAIT: ONE NEIGHBOR WE SPOKE WITH DIDN’T WANT TO SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA. HE TOLD US HE BELIEVES HE SAW THE MAN IN QUESTION WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE IT TURNED INTO A CRIME SCENE. >> AROUND MAYBE TWO OR THREE TIMES HE WAS COMING UP AND COMING DOWN AND IN THAT MOMENT I SAW THE GUY GO INSIDE MY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. I TRIED CALLING MY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE AND HE DIDN’T ANSWER THE PHONE. SENAIT: HOMICIDE AND CRIME UNITS SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY COLLECTING EVIDENCE AND INTERVIEWS FROM POSSIBLE WITNESSES. WE ARE WAITING TO LEARN THE NAME OF THE PERSON FOUND DEAD. THE SHERIFF SAYS NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AS OF NOW
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Deputies: 1 man dead in Brevard County, man in question detained
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death in Sharpes on Monday evening.The scene is along South Ridgewood Drive, not far from North Cocoa Boulevard.Deputies say a resident called 911 at 11 a.m. telling them a man had told the caller that he killed someone. Crime scene units are still collecting evidence.The tape is surrounding this house that's been the center of this investigation. Deputies found the man in question after a search and then found the victim dead in a home. "It is a shock. It's a very big shock," Laura Parker, a neighbor said. Residents in this Sharpes neighborhood were on edge Monday morning after law enforcement units crowded the area. Investigators have been piecing together what lead to a person's death. "I just hope that they're able to figure it out and figure it out quick for our sakes," Parker said. Brevard County Sheriff's Office says a resident called 911 at 11 a.m. telling them a man had told them that he killed someone.The caller said the man then left. The man who the caller described was detained after deputies found him in the area. They found a person dead in a home on South Ridgewood Drive. "Scary for my family at the moment," a neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous, said. The neighbor we spoke with also didn't want to show his face on camera. He told us he believes he saw the suspect walking through the neighborhood before it turned into a crime scene. "Around maybe two or three times, he was coming up and coming down and in that moment, I saw the guy go inside my neighbor's house. I tried calling my neighbor's house and he didn't answer the phone," the neighbor said. Homicide and crime units spent much of the day collecting evidence and interviews from possible witnesses.We're waiting to learn the names of the man in question and the person dead. The sheriff says no one has been arrested as of now. Stay with WESH 2 for updates. Call the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit at 321-633-8413 or CRIMELINE at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477) if you have any information that could help investigators.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death in Sharpes on Monday evening.

The scene is along South Ridgewood Drive, not far from North Cocoa Boulevard.

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Deputies say a resident called 911 at 11 a.m. telling them a man had told the caller that he killed someone.

Crime scene units are still collecting evidence.

The tape is surrounding this house that's been the center of this investigation.

Deputies found the man in question after a search and then found the victim dead in a home.

"It is a shock. It's a very big shock," Laura Parker, a neighbor said.

Residents in this Sharpes neighborhood were on edge Monday morning after law enforcement units crowded the area.

Investigators have been piecing together what lead to a person's death.

"I just hope that they're able to figure it out and figure it out quick for our sakes," Parker said.

Brevard County Sheriff's Office says a resident called 911 at 11 a.m. telling them a man had told them that he killed someone.

The caller said the man then left.

The man who the caller described was detained after deputies found him in the area.

They found a person dead in a home on South Ridgewood Drive.

"Scary for my family at the moment," a neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous, said.

The neighbor we spoke with also didn't want to show his face on camera.

He told us he believes he saw the suspect walking through the neighborhood before it turned into a crime scene.

"Around maybe two or three times, he was coming up and coming down and in that moment, I saw the guy go inside my neighbor's house. I tried calling my neighbor's house and he didn't answer the phone," the neighbor said.

Homicide and crime units spent much of the day collecting evidence and interviews from possible witnesses.

We're waiting to learn the names of the man in question and the person dead.

The sheriff says no one has been arrested as of now.

Stay with WESH 2 for updates.

Call the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit at 321-633-8413 or CRIMELINE at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477) if you have any information that could help investigators.