Lamaur Stancil

Florida Today

Palm Bay Police say that police in Polk County have located the possible gunman in Friday's double shooting in Palm Bay, according to a Palm Bay Police press release.

Derrick Flowers, 31, is suspected of a double homicide that occurred outside a home in the 2500 block of Vernon Drive at approximately 5:20 p.m., police said in a release.

He was taken into custody Friday night.

The motive for the shooting is unknown at this time.

The shooting happened before 6 p.m. on Vernon Drive west of U.S. 1, police spokesman Lt. Mike Bandish said.

Police had the front yards of five homes cordoned off with crime scene tape on Vernon near Shenandoah Road. Officers also erected a white tent in the middle of the road.

Several people standing outside the tape said they were family members of the two men who were killed.

Palm Bay police have not released the names of the people killed.

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It is the second shooting incident in the area in less than a week.

Two gunmen reportedly fired some 80 shots on Sunday at Lipscomb Park, where about 1,000 people had gathered for a party on Easter evening. Three people were wounded.