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2 Charged In Fatal Plant City Robbery

Tribune file photo by GEORGE WILKENS

Plant City Fire Rescue workers rush the unidentified shooting victim to an awaiting ambulance on Thursday.

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By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 4, 2008

TAMPA - Two men wanted in connection with a fatal shooting during a robbery in Plant City on Thursday turned themselves in to authorities.

Family members turned Marcel Holloman, 19, into the Polk County Sheriff's Office on Friday, the Plant City Police Department said.

Eddie Blue

Marcel Holloman

On Saturday, Plant City police took Eddie Blue, 21, into custody at 701 Tillman Place. He is at the Orient Road Jail in Hillsborough. A judge this morning ordered him held without bond.

Holloman is in the Polk County Jail, also with no listed bond.

Both face a list of charges including first degree murder.

Plant City police have not released the name of the victim who was shot while sitting in a compact car Thursday afternoon.

Witnesses told police that shortly before 1 p.m. two men came up to the victim who was in a driveway at 1306 Larrick Lane. The men demanded money, then shot the victim in the upper torso and ran away.

Police have not said whether the victim, who died at South Florida Baptist Hospital later Thursday, lived where the shooting took place.

An initial search of the area included helicopters and canine units, but they did not find the suspects.

In addition to first degree murder, jail records show Blue, 1011 Alsobrook St. E., Plant City, is charged with carjacking with a firearm and three counts of robbery of less than $300 with a firearm.

Holloman, in addition to the first degree murder charge, is charged with three counts of robbery with a firearm, petty theft, carjacking with a firearm, battery and robbery by snatching, jail records show.

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