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Circle K Clerk Charged With First-Degree Murder in Off-Duty Edgewater Officer’s Killing

Investigators say a confession, supported by surveillance video, points to a calculated ambush.

Overview

  • Eduardo Felipe Labrada Machado, 24, was arrested after the Monday shooting that killed Officer David Jewell, 45, inside a Circle K in Ormond-by-the-Sea.
  • Surveillance footage shows Machado leave the store, retrieve a jacket from his car, return, and shoot Jewell multiple times at close range.
  • Deputies say Machado confessed, claiming he was having a bad day and recalling a prior argument, while investigators have not established a motive.
  • Officials report the handgun was purchased on Sept. 5 and recovered in a jacket in Machado’s vehicle, and the sheriff said Jewell was unarmed.
  • Machado is held without bond on a first-degree murder charge as evidence is processed, and family members told deputies he previously reported hearing voices.