Man killed, suspect charged after Sunday morning shooting in Bithlo

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — One man is dead and another has been charged with murder after a shooting in East Orange County early Sunday morning.

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Orange County Deputies responded to 12th Ave. in Bithlo just south of E. Colonial Drive Sunday for reports of a shooting shortly before 5 a.m.

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According to the sheriff’s office, the deputies arrived to find a man who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital and later died there.

The victim has been identified as 24-year-old Nathan Johnson.

Orange County investigators identified the shooting suspect as 37-year-old Justin Kyle Mullins. He was booked into the Orange County jail Sunday on a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm and remains there with no bond set.

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The sheriff’s office hasn’t released any additional details on the circumstances leading up to the shooting or how they developed Mullins as the suspect.

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