Hollywood Man Arrested For Fatal Shooting At Luxury Miami Condo

A Hollywood was placed under arrest after police say he fatally shot another man inside a luxury condominium building in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood.

John Stanton, 28, faces a charge of first-degree murder.

On Friday of last week, police were called to a shooting inside the 601 Blue condominiums on Northeast 36th Street. 

According to an arrest report, Stanton and an accomplice had entered the apartment just after 1 a.m. and fatally shot the victim after a brief struggle.

Stanton and the accomplice also stole a Louis Vuitton messenger bag and then fled the building, police said.

The victim, 34-year-old Marley Jackson had reportedly been living in Miami and was selling high-end jewelry.

Stanton was also facing charges that he stalking a woman with whom he was romantically involved for about seven months, according to an arrest report. Stanton was accused of threatening to kill her and her family. 

He was arrested Tuesday on an out-of-county warrant. 

He is currently being held at Miami-Dade County's Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond.


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