Overview
- Fort Pierce police announced a second arrest this week, saying U.S. Marshals took 22-year-old Tylen Jerome Ryan of Vero Beach into custody on a tampering-with-evidence charge.
- Twenty-year-old Landen J. Ballard was arrested earlier on first-degree murder and related counts after video showed a man produce a handgun and fire multiple times inside the shop.
- The victim was identified as Lazaro Rodriguez Vega, 35, the manager of the We Buy Gold and Silver store on South U.S. Highway 1 in Fort Pierce.
- Detectives report no sign of theft and say there is no known link between the victim and suspected shooter, leaving the motive unclear.
- Police are asking for tips to identify another man seen on the store video and warn that additional charges could follow as they process evidence.