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A face-tatted Florida man has been arrested for fatally shooting his roommate with a pellet gun in May because he was “annoying” him, officials said.

Jesse Hill, 42, had locked the victim, Ernie Wilburn, 44, out of their shared house and he began yelling to be let in, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Hill, who was inside the home with his girlfriend, grabbed a pellet gun and let off a round through a window toward Wilburn, striking him in the chest, Fox 35 reported.

Cops later responded to the home after receiving “cryptic” 911 calls from the residence and found Wilburn dead on the floor, covered with a sheet and large furniture pillows.

Deputies also found a Ruger .22 caliber air rifle on the side of the house in some bushes, according to the report

An autopsy later found that the pellet round had punctured Wilburn’s lung and killed him.

The suspect bolted the scene to avoid capture and later told friends while in hiding that he didn’t think the fatal blast could kill his roommate.


  Florida man Jesse Hill allegedly fatally shot his roommate Ernie Wilburn with a pellet gun because he was “annoying” him. Lake County Sheriff's Office Florida man Jesse Hill allegedly fatally shot his roommate Ernie Wilburn with a pellet gun because he was “annoying” him. Lake County Sheriff's Office

Hill’s girlfriend told investigators that Hill shot Wilburn through a bedroom window because he was “annoyed” by his insistence on being let in.

Deputies eventually caught up with Hill this past Friday and slapped him with a manslaughter rap.

He is due back in court on July 20.

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