ORLANDO, Fla. – A maintenance worker who was hit by a stray bullet in a shooting last month has died, deputies said on Thursday.
Jakell Ward was arrested and charged with attempted murder in March, officials say.
Deputies said that the victim, Brian Mortensen, 32, died on Tuesday and that detectives are working with the state attorney's office to upgrade the murder charges against Ward.
A GoFundMe page set up for Mortensen and his family sheds light on his month long stay in the hospital while he fought for his life. He was a new father whose baby was born just days before the shooting.
His wife asked for prayers as his condition worsened. She posted last week how the family came to the tough decision to take Mortensen off life support.
Ward was arguing with his girlfriend inside his apartment and when the woman went to leave, Ward followed her and fired several rounds at the Magnolia Court Apartments.
Mortensen was putting up a fence at a school next to the apartments, when the fight broke out.
Another worker, who didn't want to give us his name says he saw the worker on the ground when he got to the complex.
"I pulled up and guys were laying down trying to give guy CPR and they say he got shot," said the maintenance worker. "I started asking questions and they said who it was and the girl he was shooting at was the one that told police that her boyfriend shot her."
"I feel real bad for him because he was just out there working because of some ignorant fool with a gun," the maintenance worker added.
Brandy Moore is a mom who lives in Magnolia Courts who says she is moving out.
This is the second neighbor I talked to at Magnolia Courts who says she moving out after man was shot @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/yTmokTuDp6
— Nadeen Yanes (@NadeenNews6) March 18, 2016
"It's like you can't even come outside without having to worry about your life," Moore said. "It's heartbreaking. I can't even imagine because what if that happened to my kid. Because I have a 5-year old and a 4-year-old and it could have been either one of them out there playing in the yard."
Another neighbor, who would only go by the name of Alex, says he's sick of the violence too.
Neighbors-too scared to go on camera-say man putting up fence for daycare next door was shot on accident @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/3XeYfYwWQ8
— Nadeen Yanes (@NadeenNews6) March 18, 2016
"Believe it or not that's what scares me because a lot of kids are here," he said.
Orange County sheriff's officials said Mortensen was taken to Florida Hospital Orlando. His family is raising money for funeral expenses on GoFundMe.
Ward has a criminal history including past felony charges for robbery with a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of marijuana with the intent to sell and deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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