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Man shot and killed at hotel tiki bar

A patron at a tiki bar at an Osprey hotel shoot another man in the head.

Osprey, Florida -- A customer at a tiki bar at the Bentley's Hotel watched in horror as a man shot another man in the head, took a drink from behind the bar and walked out.

A patron at the bar told Sarasotadeputies that around 2:36 p.m. SaturdayMichael Rice, 23,was at the tiki bar in the pool area whenhe pulled out a gun and told Philippe Nahon to sit down. When Nahon refused, Rice shot him in the head.

The witness said Rice then walked around the pool area andreturned to the bar with the gun in his hand.

Detectives say video surveillance shows Rice with the gun, walking through the bar area and taking a drink fromthe liquor bottle stock. He is thenseen leaving the back of the bar area and putting the gun on a table.

Responding deputies found Rice at the front of the hotel and arrested him without incident.

Rice wascharged with first degree murder. Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting.

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