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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV is learning more information about what led to Tuesday's deadly shooting in West Palm Beach that left a 75-year-old man dead near Bak Middle School.

The victim, identified as Leroy Scott, was shot and killed outside his home on Haden Avenue. Police said his daughter, Leah Scott, 43, is responsible for his death.

Scott was booked into the Palm Beach County jail at about 8 p.m. Tuesday.

According to a probable cause affidavit, she was a teacher at JFK Middle School at the time of her arrest.

Surveillance footage from neighboring residences and from Bak Middle School showed Leroy Scott outside his house on Haden Avenue shortly before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, when his daughter, driving by in her vehicle, approached him in the driveway.

After a brief intera

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