PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A man is behind bars for shooting his neighbor earlier this week in Palm Beach County, police said.
Emmanuel Athouriste, 38, was arrested and brought to Palm Beach County to face a judge Friday morning.
Neighbors tell WPTV they're in shock after man killed front of home
He’s accused of shooting and killing 34-year-old Marc Celian in front of his home in the Arbor Glen community.
Neighbors who live across the street from Celian's home are in disbelief.
"Very surprised. Didn't expect it," said Steve Walters, who called the home a happy place. "I would hear singing and things like that. They didn't bother me at all. They just parked along the street and did their own thing."
According to the arrest report, video surveillance cameras from the neighborhood captured Athouriste leaving his home, approaching his next door neighbor who was sitting in a pickup truck with the window rolled up.
Police said surveillance video from Monday's shooting captured Athouriste firing into the truck four times, killing Celian.
Deputies interviewed his estranged wife who told investigators she left their home because she "felt unsafe in the residence they share."
She told investigators Athouriste had been acting "extremely weird" and "delusional and schizophrenic" since October of last year, and she left their home in January. She told them he would accuse her of sleeping with other men, including Celian, their neighbor.
"He needed help,” said Walters, who was unaware of Athouriste’s apparent troubles. “Mental illness is real."
They said they responded to the shooting just before 5 p.m. Monday, and found a Celian had been shot and was left in his car.
PBSO said Athouriste was found in Miami and taken into custody by the Aventura Police Department.
He’s being held without bond in Palm Beach County Jail on a first-degree murder charge. He now faces the death penalty.
