Man, 18, wanted in Connecticut shooting arrested in Riviera Beach

A man wanted on charges that he forced another teen last year to strip in the basement of a Connecticut home, and then shot him to death, has been jailed in Palm Beach County, the sheriff's office said Friday.

Jahmari Cooper, now 18, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at about 6 p.m. Thursday on a charge from Bridgeport, Connecticut, for murder, felony murder and robbery, jail records show.

Jahmari Cooper at his arrest Thursday night in Riviera Beach (U.S. Marshals )
According to U.S. Marshals Service offices in South Florida and Connecticut, on Oct. 11, 2017, the then-17-year-old Cooper, nicknamed "Wack," allegedly forced 18-year-old Jeri Kollack to strip naked in the basement of the Greene Homes Apartment Complex in Bridgeport, then shot him seven times.

Connecticut police got a tip Sept. 26 that Cooper might have fled to the West Palm Beach area.

They said the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force tracked Cooper to the Indian Trace Apartments, on the 1000 block of Indian Trace Circle, near Military Trail and the Beeline Highway in Riviera Beach.

Cooper, who had been staying at an apartment there, was taken into custody without incident as he got out of a vehicle, the Marshals said.

search of the apartment found a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, along with a New Jersey driver’s license using the alias “Mark White.”

Marshals had posted a reward of up to $2,500 in the case.

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