Overview
- The attack, which unfolded Tuesday in the Indian River County Main Library parking lot, left county employees Danny Ooley and Stacie Mason dead.
- Police named 64-year-old Jesse Scott Ellis as the suspect after surveillance video showed a man firing multiple times into Ooley’s truck.
- An AR-style rifle believed to be the murder weapon was recovered at the scene, and investigators later found Ellis’ truck at South Beach Park.
- A beachgoer reported a man swimming about 900 yards offshore near the park, fire rescue briefly spoke with a swimmer who gave a false name, and Ellis remains at large.
- Two first-degree murder warrants have been issued for Ellis as a multi-agency search continues by land, water, and air, with cadaver dogs deployed and forensic work underway on seized firearms and digital devices.