Suspect arrested in MLK Day shooting leaving 1 dead, 11 others injured

Sheriff Ken Mascara announced Monday afternoon an arrest in the shooting death of a Fort Pierce resident in the city's Ilous Ellis Park on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The U.S. Marshal Service arrested Kemmye Riccardo Parson, 28, of Fort Pierce, the morning of March 17 in Tampa at a hotel, Mascara said during a news conference at the Sheriff's Office. Among his charges are: attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, second-degree murder, possession of firearm or ammunition by a felon.