02-20-2008, 03:20 AM
Key item could lead to killer of Broward deputy
MIAMI (WSVN) -- Police search for a key item that could unveil the murder of a BSO Sergeant.
A witness told police the gun used to kill BSO Sgt. Christopher Reyka may have been dumped into a canal by members of a drugstore robbery gang. According to the Broward Sheriffs' Office, there are two people being questioned, Timothy Johnson and sister Consuela Jones; both in custody for the string of Broward and Palm Beach County drugstore robberies.
The witness told police Jones allegedly paid $100 for a man to dispose some guns, that may have been used in the murder in an effort to protect her. brother, whom she thought was wanted for Reyka's murder.
Police found three of the four guns disposed in a Pompano Beach canal. Authorities are looking for the the fourth gun , which could be the "smoking gun." The weapon could link a connection to the gang or the associates that killed Reyka on Aug. 10, 2007 in a hail of bullets while checking on a suspicious vehicle outside a Pompano Beach Walgreens.
Sgt. Reyka, 51, parked his patrol cruiser next to two vehicles in a Walgreens parking lot and began checking their license tags. As he got out of his car around 1:20 a.m., someone got out of one of the vehicles and shot Reyka at least five times, Sheriff Ken Jenne said. Reyka did not have his gun drawn, he said.
Customers inside the store at the time called 911. Reyka was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Reyka was wearing body armor, but it was not immediately known where he was shot, sheriff's spokesman Mike Jachles said.
MIAMI (WSVN) -- Police search for a key item that could unveil the murder of a BSO Sergeant.
A witness told police the gun used to kill BSO Sgt. Christopher Reyka may have been dumped into a canal by members of a drugstore robbery gang. According to the Broward Sheriffs' Office, there are two people being questioned, Timothy Johnson and sister Consuela Jones; both in custody for the string of Broward and Palm Beach County drugstore robberies.
The witness told police Jones allegedly paid $100 for a man to dispose some guns, that may have been used in the murder in an effort to protect her. brother, whom she thought was wanted for Reyka's murder.
Police found three of the four guns disposed in a Pompano Beach canal. Authorities are looking for the the fourth gun , which could be the "smoking gun." The weapon could link a connection to the gang or the associates that killed Reyka on Aug. 10, 2007 in a hail of bullets while checking on a suspicious vehicle outside a Pompano Beach Walgreens.
Sgt. Reyka, 51, parked his patrol cruiser next to two vehicles in a Walgreens parking lot and began checking their license tags. As he got out of his car around 1:20 a.m., someone got out of one of the vehicles and shot Reyka at least five times, Sheriff Ken Jenne said. Reyka did not have his gun drawn, he said.
Customers inside the store at the time called 911. Reyka was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Reyka was wearing body armor, but it was not immediately known where he was shot, sheriff's spokesman Mike Jachles said.