Darien Turner is an accused killer from Florida who has been charged with the murder of his ex stepfather Christian Colon
According to police reports Darien Turner would go to the luxury home of his ex stepfather Christian Colon in Fort Lauderdale Florida and fatally shoot the man. At this time police are still trying to figure out why Darien would murder Colon
Darien Turner would be arrested and charged with premeditated murder. Apparently Turner made a statement to arresting officers that he is responsible for Christian Colon murder
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A 23-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday in Broward County after confessing to fatally shooting a 44-year-old man he knew well, records show.
Police officers arrested Darien Turner on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale’s Nurmi Isles after he fatally shot Christian Colon, who had been in a relationship with his mother. A judge ordered a mental health screening.
According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, police officers found him dead shortly after 10:45 a.m., along Nurmi Drive, north of East Las Olas Boulevard
Broward County inmate records show Turner is facing a charge of premeditated murder.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
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A man is accused of shooting and killing his former stepfather at a mansion amid the 4th of July weekend. Darien Massad Turner, 23, sits in the Broward County jail in Florida as of Sunday, online records show.
Police reportedly said they found his former stepfather, Christian Colon, 44, dead from gunshot wounds at the home.
Cops said they got a call about the shooting at the residence along the 100 block of Nurmi Drive at around 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, according to Fox Miami affiliate WSVN. The outlet described the neighborhood as having various multimillion dollar homes.
Jesus Sarmiento, who works in the area, reportedly characterized the shooting as out of character for the locale.
“It’s not normal,” he told the outlet in Spanish.
“I heard someone got, like, shot,” Raul Fernandez, who was visiting the neighborhood, told NBC Miami affiliate WTVJ. “[This is] some Miami Vice-type stuff. This is not something I’d ever expect. I don’t know how to take something like this.”
He described waking up to find police “everywhere,” according to WSVN.
“We have kids over there,” he said. “We have little kids. Just to know someone got shot, it’s like, wow.”
WTVJ said people inside the home where Colon died declined to speak to them about the incident.
Darien Turner faces a count of premeditated murder. Police did not immediately suggest a motive or present a sequence of events leading up to the shooting. The arrest affidavit is not available online.