2 men arrested in fatal Plant City shooting

Two men accused of robbing and then fatally shooting a man in Plant City were arrested today.

Eddie W. Blue, 21 of Plant City, turned himself in to the Orient Road Jail this morning in connection with the shooting. The family of the second man, Marcel Holloman, 19, turned him in to the Polk County Jail, said Sgt. Dale Peterson of the Plant City Police Department.

The victim was sitting in his car at 1306 Larrick Lane in Plant City just before 1 p.m. Thursday when two black men in their early 20s, dressed in black, approached him and demanded money, Plant City police said. They shot the victim in the upper chest and ran away.

Police have not released the name of the victim.

Blue and Holloman are charged with first degree murder, carjacking in possession of a firearm and three counts of robbery with a firearm. Holloman is facing additional charges of robbery, petty theft and two counts of battery.

Both are being held without bond.

---Times staff writers