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Update: Victims found dead inside car in St. Johns County identified

Police responded to a call for shots fired around 11:30 p.m. Monday in the 500 block of North Orange Street and found two men shot to death in a car.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — St. Johns County Sheriff's Office has released the identities of two men found shot to death Monday night inside a car in West Augustine. The victims are Cody James Bennett, 21, and Tre Devon Lyons, 22, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Both men are from St. Augustine.

A citizen called police around 11:30 p.m. Monday to report hearing gunfire in the 500 block of North Orange Street. St. Johns County deputies arrived and located a vehicle with Bennett and Lyons inside, a news release states. "The preliminary investigation indicates this is an isolated incident," the news release states. Police have no suspects.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office at 1-888-277-TIPS. 

Credit: St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
Tre Lyons, 22, (left) and Cody Bennett, 21, have been identified as the two men found dead inside a car Monday night in West Augustine.

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