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Update: Arrest in deadly home invasion

 Marvin Tarver     2 years ago
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Lakeland, Florida - Polk County Deputies spent the early morning hours on the scene of a deadly home invasion in the Lakeland area.

Deputies tell us around 9 p.m. Friday evening two gunman broke into an apartment on 534 Timberlane demanding jewelry and money. The man who lives in the apartment shot one of the suspects. James McArthur Johnson, Jr., who has a long criminal record, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other suspect who fled was identified as Elvin Tolliver. Deputies say Tolliver turned himself in this evening after seeing his face on news reports.

He's charged with murder.

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