Documents reveal suspect in DeLand deadly shooting had history of arrests at mobile home park
A man police believe is responsible for a deadly shooting is behind bars.
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Officers tracked Edgar Martinez Hernandez down less than an hour after Channel 9 saw officers knocking on doors at the Sha-De-Land mobile home park in DeLand Saturday evening. He’s not facing charges for the murder yet, but previous charges in the neighborhood helped officers put him in jail.
Martinez-Hernandez was prime suspect for Saturday morning’s deadly shooting after someone was shot and left for dead about half a mile away from the neighborhood, at the intersection of West Beresford and South Parsons Avenue, just before 4 a.m.
That victim’s identity hasn’t been released yet. After going door-to-door that evening with his picture that was snapped from a camera near the neighborhood – officers said they found the 22-year-old hiding in the backyard of a home less than half a mile from the mobile home park.
Police said he had a loaded gun on him. Officers arrested him without a fight. He’s now facing charges for possession of a weapon as a state felon.
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Channel 9 dug into Martinez-Hernandez’ history. Court documents reveal he was arrested in February 2023 at the complex as well.
Employees at the mobile home park called the police on him for trespassing at a vacant unit. He was later also charged with for burglary and possession of crack cocaine.
Court documents show back in 2020, officers saw him riding his bike half a mile away from the complex without proper reflectors. They arrested him for resisting arrest in that incident.
Channel 9 also reached out to the mobile home park to see if they can comment on either incident or whether they’ve had any other run-ins with Martinez. Employees were not immediately available for comment.
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