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UPDATE: PBSO identifies man fatally shot by security guard at flea market

Posted at 9:04 AM, Mar 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-14 16:00:17-04

SUBURBAN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has identified a man shot and killed by a security guard at the Sunshine Flea Market in suburban West Palm Beach Saturday night.

Investigators said there was a confrontation between 29-year-old Juan Duque and a security guard around 7 p.m. at the flea market, located in the 1900 block of S. Military Trail.

Deputies said the security guard shot Duque in the torso. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 8:02 p.m.

Detectives from PBSO's Violent Crimes Division continue to investigate the shooting.