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Man wanted in Land O' Lakes arrested in Brooksville by Hernando deputies

 
Jonathan Cobb, 39, was arrested Thursday by Hernando County sheriff's deputies in a motel parking lot in Brooksville. He was wanted for the fatal shooting of 52-year-old Bobby Jordan on Wednesday in Land O'Lakes, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. [Courtesy of Hernando County Sheriff's Office]
Jonathan Cobb, 39, was arrested Thursday by Hernando County sheriff's deputies in a motel parking lot in Brooksville. He was wanted for the fatal shooting of 52-year-old Bobby Jordan on Wednesday in Land O'Lakes, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. [Courtesy of Hernando County Sheriff's Office]
Published April 27, 2017

BROOKSVILLE — Hernando sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old Pasco County man wanted in a fatal shooting across the county line in Land O' Lakes.

Jonathan Cobb, 39, was taken into custody around 8 a.m. in the parking lot of Hampton Inn, 30301 Cortez Blvd. in Brooksville, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

He was being sought in connection with the fatal shooting Wednesday of 52-year-old Bobby Jordan on Hanson Road. Cobb faces charges of second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

Pasco deputies said it appeared Cobb and Jordan knew each other and were in the middle of a dispute when the shooting occurred.

Hernando deputies said they first found the vehicle believed to be driven by Cobb, a 2000 Dodge Ram 1500, in a Winn Dixie parking lot on Commercial Way in Spring Hill on Thursday morning. Then deputies tracked him about 40 minutes away in Brooksville.

Cobb was being held in the Hernando County jail on Thursday but was expected to be transferred to the Pasco County jail and will stand trial in that county.

He is the husband of Debbie Cobb, vice president of Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Tarpon Springs and granddaughter of the original facility's founders. Jonathan Cobb also previously served as treasurer of the sanctuary.

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