Teen Killed Over Fears He Would Expose Shooter as Being Gay, Police Say
WESH reported."There was some concern that Telan either had or was going to post something on social media kind of outing the suspect," Young said, according to WESH.The police said that the teens had been talking with each other on social media since February, and the two agreed to meet in person for the first time at the spot on Forest Glen Boulevard where Webb allegedly pulled out a gun and shot and killed Mann.A police officer who was nearby the area heard the shots and later found Mann on the sidewalk struck by the bullets, while Webb was arrested by officers who found him while executing a search warrant at a home on Garden Street on Tuesday.
Police also found a handgun at that house."Officers found him [Mann] in a pool of blood and with multiple bullet wounds on his body.
Mann passed away on scene," the police department said in the statement.Webb, who has been charged with first-degree murder after being identified on city surveillance cameras, has been held without bond at Volusia County jail.According to the police statement,Webb is also facing charges of "a probation violation and for resisting arrest after he unsuccessfully attempted to flee from SWAT and K-9 officers who found him on the Garden Street property."Meanwhile, neighbors and friends mourned the death of Mann, with some describing him as a caring person, according to WESH."It just breaks your heart to see things happen because that's two lives gone.
Not just one, so I don't understand," Eula Hicks, a neighbor, said of Mann, according to WESH.One of Mann's friends said that the late victim "never wanted nothing bad for nobody.
