An off-duty Edgewater police officer was shot and killed at a convenience store in Ormond-by-the-Sea on Monday afternoon, according to law enforcement officials.

Deputies said they responded to a Circle K located at Ocean Shore Boulevard and Wisteria Drive around 4 p.m. in reference to the shooting.

According to the sheriff’s office, a man – later identified as David Jewell, 45 – was located and pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Interim City Manager Joe Mahoney, Officer Jewell was off-duty and not in uniform when he was shot.

Shortly after the shooting, deputies said that two persons of interest had been detained, one of whom was a Circle K employee who witnessed what happened.

Sheriff Mike Chitwood later revealed that the shooter was 24-year-old gas station clerk Eduardo Mac

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