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Police in South Daytona announced on Tuesday the arrests of three people, all relatives, in connection to the death of a man found in an apartment complex laundry room.Watch the reportOfficials said 67-year-old Donald Clark, who was a recently retired car salesman, was shot to death last year in the laundry room of the Golfview Apartments along Northern Road. Clark had been shot once in the head at close range during an apparent robbery."Mr. Clark just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," said South Daytona police investigator Zach Pickett.Police said 17-year-old Emmanuel Butler shot Clark at point-blank range, his 19-year-old cousin Renard Miller helped afterward, and the teen's grandmother, 58-year-old Patricia Horton, who goes by Gangster Granny, lied about the crime."It was just a crime of opportunity because they wanted his car, and they essentially killed a guy who was 67 years old for his car that was just doing laundry," said Pickett.Police said the group dumped the victim's white Mitsubishi Gallant the day after the slaying.The cousins, young as they are, have previous criminal histories and both were on probation at the time.State attorney R.J. Larizza said they won't get probation again."We find, we investigate, we arrest and prosecute these folks that are out here doing these senseless and brutally violent crimes," he said.The break in the case came from a CrimeStoppers tip.South Daytona police Chief Ron White said the age of the accused killer is a stunner."Seventeen years old, already adjudicated as an adult, and a stone cold killer," he said. "That's a tragedy."Watch: Convenience store video shows person of interestHorton was arrested and charged in November, while the cousins were indicted on Monday."I know what my situation is in it, and I'm family, and I love them all, and I'm going to stand behind them 110 percent, but at this moment I don't have any other comments," said a daughter of Horton's.Butler is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm, among several other charges. Miller is charged with robbery with a deadly weapon, grand theft and accessory after the fact of a capital felony.14277264