Gainesville police arrested a suspect who got into a physical altercation with a man he allegedly murdered in the area of 200 NE 16th Ave. on Wednesday morning.
According to a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) release, officers and detectives received a call around 11:30 a.m. of a white male found dead in a grassy area between two commercial buildings near 200 NE 16th Ave.
During the investigation, GPD detectives, using a surveillance video showing the physical altercation between the suspect and victim, identified the suspect as 33-year-old Romanda Thompson of Gainesville.
Thompson was arrested and charged with first degree murder and is being held at the Alachua County Jail without bond.
GPD asks anyone with information to call Detective Virginia Bernal at 352-393-7729. Citizens who have information and wish to remain anonymous can call in their tips to Crime Stoppers at 352-372-7867 or go online at www.stopcrime.tv/.