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OCOEE, Fla. - More than three years after an Orange County father was shot and killed in front of his family, police have charged two men in connection with the contract killing.

What we know:

Ocoee police have arrested two men in what investigators said was a murder for hire.

The suspects are Samuel Wright and Jamarcus Lane. Investigators said Wright hired Lane to kill an informant set to testify against Wright in court.

The informant, police said, was Mugen Pintar. He was a husband and a father.

Police said Pintar was shot and killed in front of his own family May 15, 2022. That was the night before Wright’s trial was supposed to start.

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Police said Wright believed if Pintar was killed the drug trafficking case would be dismissed.

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