20-year-old man charged with murder after reported argument in Sharpes

Show Caption Hide Caption Video: Friend, roommate talks Sharpes shooting Keith Smith, a friend of Sharpes shooting victim Mark Hurst, talks about the events leading up to Tuesday's fatal shooting.

A scuffle between neighbors and a fight between pit bull dogs escalated into a shooting that left one person dead and another in jail Tuesday night, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

Kalab Bradford, 20, and Mark Hurst, 34, lived across the street from one another in the 300 block of MacArthur Circle, in a neighborhood off U.S. 1. in Sharpes. Bradford shot and killed Hurst around 7 p.m. Tuesday, deputies said.

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Details were sparse on how the fight began, but Hurst's roommate and close friend Keith Smith said Hurst's teenage son and Bradford were arguing in the street when Hurst went outside to break up a potential fight.

At that point, Bradford's dog bit Hurst's son on the hand and Smith's dog jumped the fence to protect him, Smith said.

After both dogs entered the fight, the situation escalated and Bradford went into his home to get a gun. He then came back outside and shot Hurst, according to arrest reports.

For Smith, fights aren't out of the norm, but involving guns changes things.

“Handle your business in the street like a man. Don’t hide behind a gun," he said.

One of their neighbors, Janet Tyler, has lived in the neighborhood for over 50 years and has seen its ups and downs. She's used to her neighbors setting off firecrackers in the neighborhood.

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"But then I heard another something, and I said that wasn't a firecracker," Tyler said. "Mark had his issues and so did Kalab. And I think between the two... it was a lot."

Bradford was arrested and charged with murder without premeditation, a second-degree felony, early Wednesday, according to Brevard County Jail records. He was booked into the Brevard County Jail at 3:40 a.m. and is being held without bond.

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