Alan Bernard Newman, 41, was shot and killed on April 27, 2019, at the Lake Mangonia Apartments in West Palm Beach, Florida. The attack happened around 8 p.m. in the complex’s parking lot; multiple gunmen exited a black vehicle and opened fire. Bernard Jones, 26, was also killed and another man, Rashad Brown, was wounded. Police found 65 shell casings at the scene from three different guns, and the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system alerted officers to the shooting.
Investigators identified and arrested two suspects. One suspect, Varnard Elfino Albury, 30, was taken into custody after a foot chase that ended in Riviera Beach; during the pursuit he discarded a pillowcase containing a cellphone, a black stocking-style mask, a .40 caliber Glock 23, and sneakers, and his driver’s license was found under the phone case. The other suspect, Antwuan Nelson, 18, was linked to a black Volkswagen Jetta used in the shooting when his DNA was recovered from several items in the car, including a rifle that investigators say was one of the weapons fired.
Does anyone have information about Newman’s life in West Palm Beach or about what happened that night?