Man arrested after shooting at liveaboard

 

 

A 47-year-old Key West man who shot at another man’s boat Sunday was arrested.

 

Julio Andres Suitt was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm into a residential property, and burglary.

 

There were no injuries reported.

 

The Sheriff’s Office was called to Boyd’s Campground on Stock Island at approximately 12 a.m. where the 30-year-old victim met with Deputies. He stated he was on his boat in the bay area near Mile Marker 5 when the suspect, identified as Suitt, approached in a dinghy yelling and stating he was going to kill him. Suitt tried to hit the victim, but the victim sprayed him with pepper spray. Suitt then fired three gunshots from his dinghy at the victim’s boat before leaving.

 

Deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officers found Suitt’s dinghy shortly thereafter.

 

Suitt admitted to firing a gun at the victim’s boat. Several witnesses corroborated the victim’s account of events.

 

Suitt was taken to jail.