Teen Sought After Two 18-Year-Olds Shot Dead In Bradenton

BRADENTON, FL — Authorities are searching for a teenager in connection with the shooting deaths of two 18-year-olds early Sunday. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post that it is searching for 17-year-old Joe Clerjuste.

ABC7 reported that policed officers were sent to Manatee Memorial Hospital around 12:20 a.m. after learning someone had been shot. One man died at the hospital. Media outlets identified him as Caleb Bowman of Bradenton.

Investigators went to the back of a shopping center near Cortex Road West and and 24th Street West in Bradenton and found another person was shot to death, according media reports. That victim was identified as Kemundrey Pittmon, also of Bradenton.

Anyone with information on Clerjuste's whereabouts should contact authorities at 941-747-3011 or Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS.

Photo credit: Manatee County Sheriff's Office Facebook page