Martin Sheriff charges 75-year-old Stuart man with two counts of first degree murder for shooting his downstairs neighbors
Martin County, Fl (treasurecoast.com) – Martin County Sheriff’s Detectives have charged 75-year old Hugh Hootman with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of his neighbors, 81-year old Ginger Wallace and her husband, 81 year old Henry Wallace.
Hootman shot and killed the couple Saturday afternoon at the Cedar Pointe Condominium Complex on East Ocean Boulevard. An ongoing dispute appeared to be at the center of the killings. Hootman lived in the condominium above the Wallace’s.
