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ORLANDO, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting Tuesday night outside a hotel near the I-4 and U.S. 27 interchange.

What we know:

Deputies responded to the Home Suites in Davenport around 9:40 p.m. after reports of gunfire and found Elijah Johnson lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.

Witnesses told investigators they saw a man flee on foot into a red sedan, which was driven from the scene before stopping nearby. The suspect then ran into a wooded area, deputies said.

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A short time later, deputies located the sedan at a McDonald’s near U.S. Highway 27 and Sand Mine Road and arrested the driver, identified as 39

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