Man arrested in Georgia in connection with triple shooting in Boca Raton that left two people dead and another hospitalized, police say

WEST PALM BEACH – A man was arrested in Georgia for his alleged connection to a Triple shooting A man and a woman died and another man was hospitalized in South Florida on Friday evening.

Boca Raton police said on Facebook that 30-year-old De'Vante Moss of Boynton Beach was arrested Saturday afternoon after being stopped by the Laurens County Sheriff's Office in Georgia.

He is currently facing two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and one count of attempted murder with a firearm. He is being held in Georgia while he awaits extradition to the Palm Beach County Jail.

According to Boca Raton police, the shooting occurred just before 5 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of the 365 Ocean Hotel, a boutique extended-stay hotel. When officers arrived, they found the man and woman dead in the parking lot and took the second man to the hospital. Police have not yet identified the victims.

Witnesses told officers that the suspected shooter drove away in a silver Jaguar and determined through surveillance video that the vehicle was no longer in the area. Investigators then took note of the Jaguar's license plate number and entered the suspect vehicle into a nationwide law enforcement database as a wanted vehicle.

At the scene, witnesses told investigators that shortly before the shooting, the suspect – later identified as Moss – was seen leaving one of the hotel rooms with a purse and a woman ran after him, demanding the return of her belongings.

As Moss attempted to get into the driver's seat of the Jaguar, he allegedly got into a struggle with the woman, prompting two men to intervene. During the altercation, Moss allegedly pulled out a gun and shot all three people before fleeing, Boca Raton police said.

During the investigation, investigators were able to determine that Moss was the owner of the Jaguar, obtained an arrest warrant and tracked him down in Georgia.

Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to call Boca Raton Police Detective Dale Graham at (561) 620-6175.