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Two County Employees Dead After Ambush-Style Shootout Outside Royal Palm Beach Home

Detectives say a county bridge worker waited outside a colleague’s house before gunfire erupted.

Overview

  • Authorities identified the men as John Myers, 63, an assistant superintendent in Palm Beach County Public Works, and Randy Parnell, 65, a county bridge tender.
  • Ring camera video shows Myers parking near his home as a white pickup pulled alongside, and investigators say Parnell had been lying in wait.
  • Myers returned fire, collapsed, and later died at a hospital; Parnell was found dead from a gunshot wound inside his truck at the scene.
  • Investigators have not determined whether Parnell’s fatal wound was self-inflicted or caused by Myers, and the motive remains unknown.
  • The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday on Starling Avenue in Royal Palm Beach, and deputies say all parties are accounted for with no threat to the community.