FORT PIERCE — About 6 p.m. Tuesday, the U.S. Marshall Fugitive Task Force arrested David Jerome Brown, 48, of the 500 block of North 27th Street in connection with a Monday night attack on a woman and shooting of her son.

Brown was apprehended at the corner of North 27th Street and Avenue G without incident, said Fort Pierce Detective Ben Thayer.

The male victim was shot in the genitals and his mother pistol whipped Monday night in a suspected domestic-related incident before the attacker fled in a pickup truck, according to a police report released Tuesday and a sergeant.
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Edward Farren

Michelle Farren

Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Farren, 41, allegedly pushed his wife to the ground after an argument on Saturday night.

His wife, Michelle Farren, had spent the night at her husband’s Port St. Lucie home after he called her and asked her to come over, the woman told police.

Michelle Farren said she showed up at his house despite a restraining order that he has against her because she wanted to be with their three children.
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