Orlando police on Wednesday released new information of a shooting that left a woman dead outside an Orlando credit union.
During a news conference, investigators revealed that Sylvester Ofori, 35, who is of Ghanaian decent was apprehended by officers late Tuesday and is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Barbara Tommey, 27.
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Detectives attached to the case revealed that the couple was in the process of filing for a divorce and had been separated for about three months.
Police disclosed that Ofori is a pastor at Flood Gates of Heaven Ministries in Orlando.
“He did have a pretty big online following,” Orlando police Lt. Frank Chisari said. “He speaks to his followers and called himself a prophet. His followers call him a prophet.”
The fatal shooting was reported to the police before 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Navy Federal Credit Union on Garden Parks Boulevard, west of John Young Parkway and north of the Mall at Millenia.
Investigators announced that Tommey was a staff at the branch and was shot by Ofori several times as she arrived for her shift.
A search warrant was later served at the suspect’s apartment and Ofori was apprehended without incident, according to police.
During the news conference on Wednesday, detectives did not indicate if there were any warning signs prior to the killing.
Court records show Ofori has been arrested before. This occurred in 2016 after an altercation with his wife. He was taken into custody on one count of resisting an officer, but the charge was later dropped.
Ofori is being held without bond on a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm.
UPDATE: @OrlandoPDChief says an employee at @NavyFederal was shot and killed as she arrived for work this morning. Investigators say the suspect and victim knew each other, but aren’t confirming the relationship. Suspect remains on the run. pic.twitter.com/Ms2fSUhZVS
— Mark Lehman (@MarkLehman6) September 8, 2020
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