Two indicted in marijuana-linked killing at Palm Bay park
A Brevard County grand jury indicted Christopher J. Hriciso, 18, and Caleb C. Davis, 17, on 22 September 2026 for first-degree felony murder and armed robbery in the shooting of a 22-year-old man at a Palm Bay park. Detectives tied the 26 August killing to a drug transaction, and prosecutors said a Snapchat video showed marijuana packaging matching packages at the victim's home.
🇺🇸 Patrick Woodard Memorial Park, Palm Bay, Florida · Florida, United States
The Brevard County Grand Jury indicted Christopher J. Hriciso, 18, and Caleb C.
Davis, 17, on one count each of first-degree felony murder and armed robbery
with a firearm.[1]The indictment was returned on 22 September 2026.[2]Prosecutors said the charges stem from the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man
at Patrick Woodard Memorial Park in Palm Bay on 26 August.[2]Officers called
to reports of gunfire found the man dead inside his Ford F-450 pickup truck from
a close-range gunshot wound.[2]
Palm Bay detectives established that the killing was tied to an illicit drug
transaction, the State Attorney’s Office said.[2]Investigators recovered text
messages between Davis’s phone and the victim’s from shortly before the murder.[2]A Snapchat video from a suspect’s account showed two masked men, a handgun
and marijuana packaged in a way that matched marijuana packages later found at
the victim’s home.[2]A witness saw a masked man get into the pickup truck
about 30 seconds before the gunshot, Florida Today reported.[3]
Police arrested Hriciso and Davis, both of Titusville, on 3 September, and both
were held without bond at the Brevard County Jail.[2]Davis will be charged as
an adult, ClickOrlando reported.[4]If convicted, the pair could spend the
rest of their lives in state prison, Florida Today reported.[3]
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The victim was named Isaac Cohen, 22, by ClickOrlando and Marino Cohen by Florida Today; the State Attorney's Office did not name him, so the report gives only his age.
The reports do not say what was taken in the robbery or how much marijuana was involved.
No plea or court outcome has been reported; the indictment is the latest step in the case.
The West Orlando News account was published on 31 October 2026, more than five weeks after the indictment, and closely follows the State Attorney's release.
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