Escambia County deputies arrested a 64-year-old man Sunday for allegedly killing his 38-year-old stepdaughter.
Deputies arrested James Pelzer after they found his stepdaughter with multiple gunshot wounds in a home in the 2500 block of Gulf Breeze Avenue around 10:30 a.m. April 19, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
“The stepfather was ultimately charged and arrested with shooting and killing his stepdaughter,” Sheriff Chip Simmons told the News Journal. “It was about movement inside the house, whether one could walk around without bumping into the other.”
Simmons said that during the argument about moving around the house, Pelzer went to his bedroom and grabbed a gun before firing it at his stepdaughter.
Simmons said there was another individual inside the home who witnessed the event, but could not confirm if it was the woman’s mother.
Pelzer was booked him into Escambia County Jail and is held without bond. He is charged with second-degree murder, according to court records.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola man arrested for killing stepdaughter over house dispute
Reporting by Benjamin Johnson, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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