LAKE PLACID, Fla. — An elderly man was arrested for murder after police said he shot his housemate to death on Monday night.
The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said they were called to a home on Sarasota Street in Lake Placid around 5 p.m. about the shooting. When deputies arrived, they found the victim dead in the front yard, along with 70-year-old Rosalio Astorga Sanchez, who admitted to being the shooter.
According to deputies, Sanchez said he was angry that the 40-year-old victim beat up another man who lived in the home. When the man who was beaten up fled the home, Sanchez went inside, grabbed a pistol, walked back out and shot the victim.
Sanchez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. There is no other information available at this time.
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