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Juan Ramon Cruz, 35, was shot and killed on the early morning of June 1, 2019, on North Sunset Avenue in Mascotte, Florida. Deputies found Cruz and another Hispanic male with gunshot wounds; Cruz died at the scene while the other victim was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.

Cruz was born June 24, 1983, in Clinton, North Carolina, raised in Mascotte and a 2001 graduate of South Lake High School in Groveland. He is survived by his wife, Karina Ibarra, their two daughters Abigail and Ailani Cruz, his parents Aide and Elpidio Cruz, and five siblings. The shooting reportedly followed an escalating dispute.

Investigators identified Alexander Aguilar as the primary suspect; Aguilar and another person were apprehended in Sumter County after a witness described the suspect vehicle. Aguilar faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Does anyone have information about the dispute or saw activity on North Sunset Avenue that morning?