James Edward Brundige, 62, was found with apparent gunshot wounds in the 1000 block of N. Fiske Boulevard in Cocoa, Florida, during the early hours of May 27, 2015. The Cocoa Police Department identified him as the victim and opened an investigation into the circumstances of his death.

Investigators learned Brundige had been seen with a woman at a 7-11 on Dixon Boulevard around 3 a.m. that morning; she was initially treated as a person of interest. The inquiry later shifted to Shawn J. Jones, 26, of Cocoa. A warrant for Jones’s arrest was issued June 10, 2015; he was taken into custody in Miami on unrelated burglary charges and transferred to Brevard County to face first-degree murder charges. A grand jury later returned an indictment, and testimony in the matter included a Cocoa Police Department detective, a crime scene investigator, and a lay witness.

Anyone who knew Brundige, saw him that morning, or has information about the events around N. Fiske Boulevard or the 7-11 on Dixon Boulevard is asked to come forward.