HAINES CITY, Fla. — Police say they have arrested the man they were looking for who is accused of killing a 24-year-old during a shooting Sunday afternoon in Haines City.
A 46-year-old man was also shot in the incident and taken to a nearby hospital, the Haines City Police Department said in an updated news release. He is in surgery but is expected to recover.
Authorities say Kristavion Harris, 22, was taken into custody Monday evening at the Polk County Sheriff's Office Central District Office in Winter Haven. Harris was charged with second-degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and using or displaying a firearm during the commission of a felony.
"We couldn’t have arrested Harris so quickly without the community’s support,” Haines City Police Chief Greg Goreck said in a statement.
At around 3:30 p.m., police say they responded to a report of gunfire that occurred at a home during a social gathering in the 1000 block of Avenue N.
Investigators say a group of men were playing chess when Harris walked up the home and began arguing with 24-year-old Naquan Swift.
During the argument, Harris reportedly took out a gun and opened fire, shooting Swift multiple times and a 46-year-old bystander.
When law enforcement arrived at the home, they say that they found the Swift seriously hurt. The two people involved in the shooting were taken to the hospital, but despite life-saving efforts at the scene and the hospital, Swift died due to his gunshot wounds, the police department says.