PBSO Investigates the Shooting/Homicide of a Barber Near a Restaurant

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PBSO Investigates the Shooting/Homicide of a Barber Near a Restaurant

At 10:30 am, Sunday, July 23, 2017, deputies were dispatched to a disturbance in the 4600 block of Myla Lane, West Palm Beach.

Before their arrival, PBSO dispatch received a 911 call from a nearby Subway restaurant regarding a shooting victim appearing in the restaurant.

PBC Fire Rescue arrived and transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment. Detectives learned that the victim died in surgery a short time later.

Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division are investigating the shooting as a homicide.

The victim has been identified as John Roland, DOB: 1/20/68 of West Palm Beach.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS.