Crime & Safety
Elfers Shooting Victim Dies
Jerome Leake, 22, of Port Richey died Sunday after being shot in the head June 8.
Charges against 21-year-old Matthew Santos of Elfers are under review after the victim in a Saturday shooting died.
Pasco County deputies arrested Santos June 8 after they say an argument at his Elfers home turned violent. Santos, an arrest report said, got into a fight with Jerome Leake, 22, of Port Richey at Santos’ 5145 Tilson Drive home around 12:22 p.m. Saturday.
Leake was shot from about 3 to 4 feet away with a 380 semi-automatic pistol, the report said. The bullet struck him in the head.
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Pasco County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Doug Tobin said Leake died of his injuries just before 4 p.m. Sunday, June 9.
Santos, who deputies say is an admitted gang member, was charged with aggravated battery shortly after the shooting. Additional charges are now being reviewed by deputies and the State Attorney’s Office, Tobin said.
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Santos was being held on $500,000 bond at the Land O’ Lakes Jail Monday.
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