Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville man charged in wife's death

The estranged husband of a Fruit Cove woman who was shot to death nearly three months ago has been charged with first-degree murder in her death.

Sean A. Bush, 42, of 5142 Attleboro St., Jacksonville, was arrested at his home Friday, charged with killing Nicole Elise Bush, 35, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.

The Sheriff's Office described Bush as having been a "person of interest" all along.

A press releases said officers got an arrest warrant late Friday afternoon "following the execution of several search warrants and the results of DNA testing."

The arrest was made by St. Johns County Robbery/Homicide detectives, investigators with the State Attorney's Office Homicide Investigations Unit (HIU) and the U.S. Marshal's Service.

Bush reportedly was brought to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for questioning.

He was being booked into the Duval County jail Friday evening, since that is the jurisdiction where he was arrested.

He will be brought to St. Johns County later.

Deputies responded to a 911 call shortly before 7 a.m. on May 31. The caller said officers should check on a woman at a townhome in the 800 block of Southern Creek Drive.

When deputies arrived, they found the victim had been shot several times and had other trauma, which has not been identified.

She was treated at the scene by County Rescue Personnel and then taken by air ambulance to Shands/Jacksonville, where she later died.

A Sheriff's Office spokesman at the time said the 911 call had not been made inside the home and described it as "suspicious."

An autopsy was conducted at the District 4 Medical Examiner's Office in Jacksonville, according to the SJCSO press release.

Death was determined to be severe blood loss resulting from multiple injuries that included gunshots, blunt force and stab wounds.

"I am especially relieved to get the suspect of this brutal homicide off the streets and to finally give the family of Nicole Bush some closure to this horrific crime," St. Johns Sheriff David Shoar said Friday.