FL - Albert J. Shell Jr., 39, charged with killing one and injuring another in mall shooting - 2/2/2023

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MARION COUNTY, Fla. \- State Attorney Bill Gladson announced Friday the filing of a death penalty notice in the case against 39-year-old Albert J. Shell Jr.

 

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Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing victim in mall before Christmas

Prosecutors in Florida will pursue the death penalty for Albert J. Shell Jr., for allegedly killing a man in a mall full of last-minute shoppers one day before Christmas Eve.

lawandcrime.com

Prosecutors in Florida will pursue capital punishment for a 39-year-old man who allegedly opened fire in a busy mall full of last-minute shoppers one day before Christmas Eve, fatally shooting a 40-year-old man and seriously wounding a woman.

The Office of the State Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit on Friday formally filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against Albert J. Shell Jr., who last week was indicted by a grand jury on one count of first-degree murder with a firearm in the December 2023 slaying of David Nathaniel Brown, authorities announced.

Shell is also facing two counts of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

 

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Why wasn’t Albert Shell in jail instead of at the Paddock Mall on Dec. 23? - Ocala Gazette

With the arrest early Monday of Albert Shell Jr., the suspect identified by the Ocala Police Department in the Dec. 23 shooting at the Paddock Mall that left one person dead and another wounded, among the many questions for authorities is why such a violent criminal, wanted on several warrants...

www.ocalagazette.com

With the arrest early Monday of Albert Shell Jr., the suspect identified by the Ocala Police Department in the Dec. 23 shooting at the Paddock Mall that left one person dead and another wounded, among the many questions for authorities is why such a violent criminal, wanted on several warrants, was at the crowded mall and not in the county jail.

Shell, 39, is accused of shooting to death Ocala tattoo artist David Barron, 40, and wounding a woman bystander in the leg, He was arrested on one count of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of attempted premeditated first-degree murder.

Records show Shell has had numerous interactions with local law enforcement, and was wanted on a county warrant.

OPD said of Shell, “We show 145 contacts with Albert Shell in our database – dating back many years. More than one of those contacts were warrant arrests.”

Walter Forgie, spokesperson for Fifth Circuit State Attorney Bill Gladson, emailed the “Gazette” that “Shell has a lengthy criminal history, which has resulted in numerous convictions, jail sentences and prison sentences by our office. The defendant was most recently released from prison on 7/15/21.”

Two criminal cases against Shell were dropped in February and March of 2023. Why?