By Erika Hernandez
Nov 26, 2024, 7:34 PM EST
Authorities reported that A suspect is in custody after allegedly killing a man at a Florida golf course on Monday.
Junior Boucher, 36, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of the man, identified by police as Brian Hiltebeitel, at Sandhill Crane Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
A witness said he heard the victim scream “he’s trying to kill me” as he ran from Boucher, who was allegedly brandishing a golf club, according to a Palm Beach Gardens Police Department affidavit reviewed by ABC News.
Boucher allegedly began hitting Hiltebeitel with the golf club, hitting him in the head, and then chased him into a pond on the first hole of the golf course, according to police.
He allegedly continued to hit Hiltebeitel in the pond and, while in the water, “jumped on top of Hiltebeitel and appeared to be strangling him,” the police report states.
After Hiltebeitel was no longer moving, Boucher allegedly hit him several more times in the head, police said in the affidavit.
Boucher attempted to flee the scene when officers arrived.according to the affidavit, and was taken into custody “only after the use of an electronically controlled weapon.”
Officers pulled Hiltebeitel from the pond, where he was observed with “multiple deep lacerations to the back of his head and his body.”
He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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