The suspected use of a sledgehammer to murder a coworker at their Hollywood office on Wednesday morning led to the arrest of a guy.
According to Hollywood Police, 31-year-old Bryan Menocal was taken to Broward’s Main Jail after being charged with second-degree murder.
Just before seven in the morning, police arrived to the 2900 block of Southwest 42nd Avenue, where they discovered the body face down in a pool of blood, which belongs to the marine and energy manufacturing firm Wärtsilä. At the scene, he was declared dead.
According to a police arrest report, workers claimed officers that Menocal confessed to killing a coworker and showed up with a sledgehammer after their morning meeting. Menocal fled the scene before police arrived, but was later discovered near Deerfield Beach and arrested, according to the police.
Menocal is suspected of repeatedly beating the victim in the head with a heavy sledgehammer base on the article published by True Crime Daily on January 19, 2023.
A corporate spokesman expressed the company’s deep sorrow for the tragedy that took place at its plant today and resulted in a fatality. Our sincere condolences are extended to the worker’s family.
According to a statement made to media earlier on Wednesday by Hollywood Police spokesman Christian Lata, this was a singular event involving two people who did know each other and worked together. The Hollywood Police Department does not currently see any threat to the public’s safety.
