Man found dead at Melbourne store after sound of gunfire prompts lockdown at nearby schools

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Man found ***** at Melbourne store after sound of gunfire prompts lockdown at nearby schools

Melbourne police continue their search for a suspect in connection with the ********* ****** of a Palm Bay man near a middle school campus Tuesday afternoon.

Stone Magnet Middle School and University Park Elementary School, around half a mile from the store where the man was found, were briefly placed on lockdown as Melbourne police searched for at least one gunman who fired the deadly volley of shots along Monroe Street.

In a press release, police identified the person ******* as Craig S. Dewberry Jr., 27, of Palm Bay. He was found inside the Tip Top Mini Mart at 3004 Monroe St. Dewberry was not associated with the store nor the schools, police said.

The ********* was reported just after 12 p.m., after a Melbourne Police school resource officer assigned to the middle school reported hearing gunshots east of the Stone campus.

Melbourne police officers went house to house in the University Boulevard neighborhood in the search for a shooter. University Boulevard was closed from Lipscomb Street to Main Street for more than two hours.

It was the 29th ********* to take place in Brevard County since the beginning of the year.

A shelter in place order at the schools was lifted about 1 p.m. An investigation is ongoing.

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