OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with a deadly Christmas shooting at a hookah lounge near Kissimmee, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez announced during a Thursday news conference.
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Investigators were called shortly after 4:45 a.m. Dec. 25 to the shooting at Lungo Café on Vineland Road near North Poinciana Boulevard.
Lopez said Gabriel Alberto Correa got into an argument with a worker and fired rounds at the front of the bar before driving away.
“The guy leaves and started shooting at the business,” he said. “He actually shot at the business.”
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Lopez said it is unknown why 911 was not immediately called, but he said it might have been due to the volume of the music being played at the lounge.
Lopez said the Correa returned to the parking lot and shot Terrell Williams once while he was standing by his car door.
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He said Williams ran back to the business to seek help, but he collapsed and died.
Correa then fled the scene a second time, Lopez said.
He said detectives were able to identify Correa through surveillance video of the shooting and other evidence that was left at the scene.
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Lopez said Correa was arrested in Polk County and admitted to detectives his involvement in the shooting. He said he met with an attorney after seeing a flyer about the shooting.
Correa was booked into the Osceola County Jail on charges including murder.
Diane Batista told Channel 9 that she was one of Williams’ best friends.
“He was such a good person. He didn’t deserve to go out like that,” she said. “He took a piece of me with him.”
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