On October 20, 2023, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Knights Inn Motel located at 4651 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, in reference to reports of a shooting. Upon deputies’ arrival, a victim was located with life-threatening injuries. The victim was immediately transported to the hospital. Witnesses on the scene informed deputies the suspect fled in a grey truck. Investigation revealed that the suspect and victim were family members, and the incident began as a domestic altercation in the parking lot of a local Kissimmee restaurant.
The suspect and victim left the restaurant in the grey truck and, ultimately, were involved in a traffic crash near the intersection of W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway and Bass Road. The suspect fled from the traffic crash in the grey truck and traveled to the Knights Inn Motel, where the domestic altercation escalated, and the suspect attacked the victim. Deputies later located the suspect in the grey truck, and the suspect was taken into custody without further incident. The suspect was identified as Alberto Jose Gonzalez-Velazquez (DOB: 11/21/1988) and was later booked in the Polk County Jail for Attempted Murder and Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon.
On of October 22, 2023, the victim in the case was pronounced deceased. The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the manner of death as a Homicide. As a result, Alberto Jose Gonzalez-Velazquez has been charged with Premeditated First-Degree Murder.
