Overview
- Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, 29, was arrested within about an hour and is being held without bond on three counts of first-degree premeditated murder.
- Authorities say the attack was random with no known prior contact, killing Robert Luis Kraft, Douglas Joseph Kraft, and James John Puchan as they waited outside a short-term rental after rental car trouble while in town for the Mecum Car Show.
- Investigators recovered two firearms from Bojeh’s residence and are conducting ballistics and other forensic testing to determine whether the weapons were used in the shootings.
- Court records show Bojeh was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2021 case and received court-approved outpatient mental health treatment with a firearm prohibition following a bench determination.
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has criticized the prior prosecutorial handling of the 2021 case and called for reforms, as records show repeated law enforcement contacts at the suspect’s family address.