One Man Dead, Cocoa Police Investigate Early Morning Shooting

By  //  May 27, 2015

The Cocoa Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man dead about 4 a.m. on Wednesday in the area of the 1000 block of North Fiske Boulevard.
The Cocoa Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man dead about 4 a.m. on Wednesday in the area of the 1000 block of North Fiske Boulevard.

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – The Cocoa Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man dead about 4 a.m. on Wednesday in the area of the 1000 block of North Fiske Boulevard.

Cocoa police received calls of shots fired, and when officers responded to the scene, they located a car that had struck a fence, but no one was in the car.

According to Barbara Matthews of the Cocoa Police Department,  officers found a blood trail and followed it north to the area of North Fiske Boulevard where they located an unresponsive man with obvious trauma.

Rescue personnel responded but the victim was pronounced dead on scene.

Investigators are working to positively identify the male and notify his next of kin.

Police are interviewing people in the area and are asking anyone who heard or saw anything to contact the Cocoa Police Department at 321-639-7620.