Husband Accused Of Gunning Down His Wife And The Man She Had An Affair With Near Local Library

Investigators successful Vero Beach, Florida, are searching for a man wanted successful relationship pinch a double homicide that constabulary described arsenic a “crime of passion.”

The victims, identified arsenic Stacie Ellis Mason and Danny Ooley, were shot dormant early Tuesday successful a parking batch adjacent nan Indian River County Public Library, Vero Beach Police Chief David Currey told reporters astatine a Wednesday greeting property conference.

Investigators are now searching for Mason’s husband, 64-year-old Jesse Ellis. He has an progressive warrant for 2 counts of first-degree murder, nan Vero Beach Police Department announced Thursday.

“The nationalist is urged to stay vigilant and study immoderate accusation regarding Ellis’s whereabouts. Even nan smallest item whitethorn assistance successful this investigation,” nan agency said.

Mason and Ellis were “in nan midst of perchance separating aliases divorcing” aft a 13-year marriage, Currey told reporters. Investigators besides judge that Mason and Ooley, who were some Indian River County employees, were seeing each other.

“This was a business of a crime of passion, 2 individuals that were apparently seeing each different for a play of time, and 1 hubby being upset astir it and perchance committing nan crime,” nan constabulary main said.

The shooting happened astir 7 a.m. Tuesday, while some victims were wrong Ooley’s vehicle, according to Currey. Investigators later recovered a conveyance “believed to beryllium associated pinch nan suspect” astatine adjacent South Beach Park, he added.

Shortly aft nan shooting, nan section occurrence section responded to a study of a afloat clothed man going into nan ocean, nan constabulary main said. Rescuers utilized a vessel to scope that individual, who was astir 900 yards offshore.

“From our understanding, they met him, said to him, and wished that he was successful a safe scenario,” Currey said.

When asked if rescuers knew who nan man was, Currey told reporters, “He gave them a name, but it wasn't that name.”

”Later on, they felt by nan image aliases photograph that it whitethorn person been nan aforesaid feline ... I don't cognize that it's 100 percent aliases not,” nan constabulary main added.

Investigators are considering aggregate possibilities.

"Could he person drowned? Potentially, yes. Could he person travel backmost retired of nan water? Potentially, yes. So, that’s why we surely request to cognize wherever he is," Currey said.

Deryl Loar, chair of nan Indian River County Commission, told reporters location are resources disposable for those who worked pinch Mason and Ooley.

“Our thoughts and prayers spell retired to not only nan county, but specifically our complete 900 subordinate co-workers pinch Danny and Stacie,” he said. “Our extremity is to comfortableness them, connection them immoderate type of counseling that whitethorn beryllium needed whatsoever.”

When reached for comment, nan Vero Beach Police Department told The Independent officials scheme to clasp different property convention Friday morning.