Rodobaldo Portuondo, a 17-year-old from Georgia wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Savannah, surrendered Feb. 19 in Bradenton Beach.
Bradenton Beach Police Lt. Lenard Diaz told The Islander Feb. 20 that the surrender came shortly after he received a call from the U.S. Marshals Service.
“The subject arrived at the station at 11 a.m. and, just prior to that, I received a call from the U.S. Marshals Service telling me that the subject would be turning himself in,” Diaz said. “No quicker than I got off the phone with the marshals, the young man turned himself in.”
BBPD confirmed a warrant for Portuondo out of Savannah, where police were seeking him in connection with a fatal shooting in the city’s historic downtown district.
Portuondo was transported to the Manatee County juvenile detention center in Bradenton, where he awaited extradition to Chatham County, Georgia.
A Savannah Police Department statement said officers responded to reports of a shooting Feb. 10 and discovered a victim suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.
The victim was treated on the scene and transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center, where he died.
