FORT PIERCE — A 23-year-old man was arrested Sunday in connection with a shooting homicide that happened the day before, a police spokeswoman said Monday.

Rodney Ellis, of Fort Pierce, was arrested Sunday on first degree murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charges after the death of Jeremy Wilson, 24, said Audria Moore-Wells, Fort Pierce police spokeswoman.

The shooting happened about 3:20 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Avenue D. Police reported that Wilson was driven to a local hospital by a bystander, and that he later succumbed to his injuries.

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“This was a unified effort between the police department and the community,” Moore-Wells said Monday of the arrest. “The community gave us some good solid leads.”

Moore-Wells said officers worked around the clock and used information from the community to solve the case.

Wilson had been standing outside in the block, Moore-Wells has said. The block features a few shuttered business buildings and includes the Lincoln Theatre, which city officials want to reopen.

Wilson has been arrested many times in St. Lucie County, beginning in 2010, records show.

Most recently, in 2017, he pleaded no contest to a robbery by sudden snatching charge. He was released from prison in July, records show.

It's not the first time Ellis has been accused of running afoul of the law either.

He was arrested in June by Fort Pierce police who were patrolling the area of the Reno Motel in the 1900 block of Avenue D, an arrest affidavit states.

A man later identified as Ellis ran from investigators, who say he threw something in the bushes. Investigators reported finding a loaded .380 caliber handgun with the serial number scratched off and a switchblade knife.

Police apprehended Ellis, who they say also had a tube with 50 to 60 crack cocaine rocks inside.

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Moore-Wells said the motive in the shooting is under investigation.

No other information was immediately available.