A 40-year-old Florida male is accused of hitting a woman in the head with a hammer and killing her in a horrific attack recorded on surveillance video outside a Fort Myers gas station convenience store Thursday morning.
Rolbert Joachin is charged with homicide and criminal mischief for damaging property in the 8 a.m. incident, WINK-TV reported.
‘Very gut-wrenching … very sad. That’s someone’s mom, daughter, sister.’
Several gas station employees told Gulf Coast News the victim was a clerk at the business.
Store surveillance video shows the suspect smashing a car windshield, Gulf Coast News said, adding that store employees said the vehicle belonged to the victim.
Video then shows the woman coming outside — and the suspect approaching her and hitting her in the head with the hammer, Gulf Coast News said.
The below video report from Gulf Coast News shows the surveillance video but blocks out the hammer attack on the victim.
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The suspect then ran from the scene, after which three nearby schools were placed on brief lockdown, WINK said.
After a multi-hour search, police captured Joachin about a mile from the convenience store, the station said, adding that an arrest photo shows two officers detaining him in a neighborhood.
Arrest video also shows officers walking Joachin in handcuffs and placing him in the back of a police cruiser, WINK said. Joachin was taken to the Lee County Jail where he remained Friday morning. His jail record lists no bond and refers to Joachin as a transient.
Joachin’s court appearance was set for 8:30 a.m. Friday but was postponed to Monday after Joachin’s public defender requested a date change, which the judge granted, WINK reported.
The Gulf Coast News video report said the victim was the mother of two teenagers.
Andre Harris, a gas station regular, told Gulf Coast News the incident was “very gut-wrenching … very sad. That’s someone’s mom, daughter, sister.”
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