Overview
- West Melbourne police say the episode began when the store owner reported an alarm and reviewed footage showing someone leave on an electric bike, then followed that person in his vehicle.
- Officers later found 14‑year‑old Hunter Russey unresponsive along Cocoanut Grove Avenue with injuries consistent with being hit by a car, and police allege the owner intentionally struck him and left the scene.
- Russey was kept on life support at a children’s trauma center and his family removed life support and chose organ donation, with his death reported late Saturday.
- Investigators obtained a new arrest warrant and rearrested Kavan Vishnubhai Patel on Sunday, charging him with second‑degree murder and holding him without bond at the Brevard County Jail.
- The criminal case is ongoing as police continue to review surveillance footage, the arrest affidavit and timeline evidence, the family plans criminal and civil action, and authorities have not confirmed whether Russey was the person seen on store video.