Three suspects were arrested today in connection with a home invasion robbery while a fourth remained in a local hospital after the homeowner reportedly shot him.According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, a man known to the victim came to the South Punta Gorda Heights house in the 11000 block of First Avenue around 10 p.m. Saturday looking for the victim's son.
The homeowner allowed the man, later identified as 20-year-old Joshua Correll Sayed of Deep Creek, to enter and said his son was not home. At that point, two other men wearing bandanas across their faces and armed with semi-automatic handguns burst through the door and told the two to “get to the ground," the report said.
Instead, the homeowner ran to his bedroom where he kept his revolver in the closet. The two men followed him into the bedroom and turned the lights on, at which point the homeowner fired at the man closest to him, according to the report.
The wounded suspect, Fredrick Deon Moorehead, 19, of Punta Gorda, hid behind the bed and shot at the homeowner, who then returned fire, investigators said. Moorehead ran outside and the suspects reportedly fired four rounds at the home before fleeing.
Sayed, Jarmeel Earl Bennett, 21, of South Punta Gorda Heights and Pheneathius Sharbrail Brown, 18, of Punta Gorda were charged with home invasion robbery; Moorehead remained hospitalized due to his injuries.
