Police locate man suspected of murdering longtime Detroit hotel worker

Detroit police search for suspect in hotel murder Monday morning

A longtime employee at the Normandie Hotel in Detroit off of Woodward was doing maintenance when he was allegedly shot over a dispute about rent. He leaves behind a wife and son.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Police say they located the 25-year-old man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting at a hotel off of Woodward Monday morning.

Law enforcement said Tuesday morning they found Jmar Tubbs and planned to release more information later in the day. Tubbs allegedly shot and killed a longtime employee with the Normandie Hotel over a dispute about rent.

A maintenance man told FOX 2 that he had spoken with the victim, a 46-year-old man about remodeling a room. After, the victim went to lock the door of a tenant who was late on their rent just before the fatal shooting.

"It didn't have to happen like this. Especially to shoot him down like that - he was trying to run away," Alex Stefko said

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"He's like the coolest person ever. I just can't believe that somebody would do this. Somebody was great, somebody was awesome. Somebody was just taken from us just for a minor dispute," he added.