Florida vice mayor shot dead, husband jailed as suspect

The vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, was shot and killed on Wednesday and her husband was taken into custody as the lone suspect in what police called a case of domestic violence, officials said.



Nancy Metayer Bowen, 38, was the first Black woman and first Haitian American woman to serve as commissioner in Coral Springs, a town of about 134,000 people some 45 miles (72 km) north of Miami.



She was elected to the commission in 2020, re-elected in 2024, and named vice mayor by her fellow commissioners, according to the city's website. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris named her as her campaign's Caribbean vote director in Florida, the Sun Sentinel reported in 2024.



Police responding to a call found Metayer Bowen's body in her home and later arrested her husband. He was booked into the Broward County jail in Fort Lauderdale, officials said.



Stephen Bowen, 40, was listed as chief operating officer of Men of St. Luke, a religious and fraternal nonprofit organization registered in Broward County.