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Manatee deputies searching for teen suspect in double murder

Detectives said two people were shot and killed behind a shopping center in Bradenton.
Photo: Manatee County Sheriff's Office

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is looking for a teenager accused of shooting and killing two people behind a shopping center early Sunday morning.

Detectives said they have an arrest warrant for murder for Joe S. Clerjuste, 17, of Bradenton.

Deputies said Bradenton police responded early Sunday to a shooting victim taken to Manatee Memorial Hospital, where the victim had died.

When the Manatee County Homicide Team began investigating, they said their search led to the back of a shopping center on Cortez Road in Bradenton. A second victim was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound behind the center, detectives said.

The two victims are Caleb Bowman, 18, of Bradenton, and Kemundrey Pittmon, 18, also of Bradenton.

They ask anyone with information about the incident or whereabouts of the suspect, Clerjuste, to call the sheriff's office at (941) 747-3011.

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