Indian River Co. homicide suspect found dead in Broward County, sheriff's office confirms

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A person was found dead inside a car near Sawgrass Mills after a search for a suspect accused of killing his wife in Indian River County.

Sunrise police are searching for a homicide suspect from Indian River County, who was spotted near the Rooms To Go near Sawgrass Mills.

Sunrise Police are searching for a murder suspect from Indian River County who was spotted near the Rooms To Go near Sawgrass Mills.

Sunrise Police are searching for a murder suspect from Indian River County who was spotted near the Rooms To Go near Sawgrass Mills.

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Pedro Torres

Indian River County Sheriff's Office

SUNRISE, Fla. - A body found in a parking lot near Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise was a homicide suspect from Indian River County, the sheriff's office has confirmed.

Sunrise police were searching for Pedro Torres after a tip from Indian River County.

He was known to frequent Broward County.

A SWAT team responded to a parked car near N. Flamingo Road in Sunrise.

Officers eventually determined the person inside was deceased and the Indian River County Sheriff's office later confirmed that person was Torres.

Vicky Torres was killed Sunday morning and deputies had been looking for her husband as a person of interest in her death.

According to the sheriff's office, preliminary evidence led detectives to believe that her husband, Pedro Torres, killed her.

Pedro Torres died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office said.