Cops: Ice Cream Driver Fatally Shot as Children Watched
A 27-year-old Maryland man is accused of shooting and killing an ice cream truck driver as he sold his frozen treats to gathered children, Reuters reports.
According to police, Larnell Lyles, seen above, gunned down Big Daddy Ice Cream driver Brandon Brown on Saturday outside Lucas Village, a subsidized housing complex in Fredrick, Maryland. From the Associated Press:
Lt. Clark Pennington, a police spokesman, says Brown drove into the community around 5 p.m., playing music to announce the arrival of the truck. Pennington says small children were lined up to buy ice cream when Brown stepped out of the truck and was approached by a man who shot him in the chest. Brown died on the scene.
On Sunday, Lyles was arrested for first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony with additional charges reportedly to follow.
Authorities have not revealed a potential motive for the crime.
[Image via Frederick Police Department]