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A Florida real estate agent was shot multiple times while sitting in her car, and authorities say that her death may be related to an ongoing dispute between a tenant and a landlord.
Sara Michelle Trost, 40, drove last Thursday from her home in Parkland to a home in Coral Springs, Fla. She was sitting in her car in the driveway when she was ambushed and shot multiple times. She died at the scene.
Hours after the shooting, police arrested Raymond Wesley Reese, 51, of Boca Raton. He has been charged with murder in connection with Trost’s death.
Neighbors tellLocal 10that Reese was a tenant who had recently moved out of the home where Trost was shot. Trost did not own the home, but was at the property for business purposes. Police have not released how she was connected with the property.
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Trost, who leaves behind a husband and a young daughter, was very involved with her synagogue, Chabad of Parkland. She had accompanied other congregants on a trip to Israel. According to her rabbi, she could always be counted upon to volunteer.
“[She was] so loving and caring,” Rabbi Shuey Biston tellsCBS 12. “There wasn’t a project that we started in the community that she wouldn’t be a part of … she was just a really special person. Anything she touched, she turned to gold.”
Trost also volunteered her time at the Paw Patrol Animal Rescue & Sanctuary.
“Our heart goes out to Sara Michelle, her daughter, her husband Jason, and her whole family, her fur children, as well as her human child,” Rachel Lucuara, of the Paw Patrol Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, told Local 10.
PEOPLE confirms that Reese is being held without bond. He has not yet entered a plea, and jail intake records do not reflect an attorney authorized to speak on his behalf.
source: people.com
