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Man charged with murder in Flowery Branch man’s death

Price shot while on business in Florida

POSTED: October 9, 2012 6:40 p.m.
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Lavonnte O. Jerry

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A 21-year-old has been charged in the Sept. 17 death of a Flowery Branch man in an incident in southeastern Florida.

James Price, 41, was shot to death in Riviera Beach, Fla., a few miles from where he was staying in West Palm Beach, according to a public information officer with the Riviera Beach Police Department.

Police spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said police got an indication that shots had been fired in the 1600 block of West 28th Street a few minutes after 11 p.m. Price was found dead at the scene with a single gunshot wound.

Lavonnte O. Jerry is charged with first degree murder, armed robbery with a firearm and grand theft in connection with the incident, according to a news release.

Jerry was transported to Palm Beach County Jail. Police said more arrests in the case are possible as they continue their investigation.

Price’s friends have said that he worked for Pinnacle Technology Resources in Suwanee and was in Florida on business, working on a remodeling project for a Toys R Us store.

Oct. 9, 2012 06:43p.m. EDT Man charged with murder in Flowery Branch man’s death Gainesville Times

A 21-year-old has been charged in the Sept. 17 death of a Flowery Branch man in an incident in southeastern Florida.

James Price, 41, was shot to death in Riviera Beach, Fla., a few miles from where he was staying in West Palm Beach, according to a public information officer with the Riviera Beach Police Department.

Police spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said police got an indication that shots had been fired in the 1600 block of West 28th Street a few minutes after 11 p.m. Price was found dead at the scene with a single gunshot wound.

Lavonnte O. Jerry is charged with first degree murder, armed robbery with a firearm and grand theft in connection with the incident, according to a news release.

Jerry was transported to Palm Beach County Jail. Police said more arrests in the case are possible as they continue their investigation.

Price’s friends have said that he worked for Pinnacle Technology Resources in Suwanee and was in Florida on business, working on a remodeling project for a Toys R Us store.

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