WEST PALM BEACH, FL. (THECOUNT) — Joey Demeritus Canady has been identified as the victim shot and killed while attending a block party in West Palm Beach, FL, Saturday.

Canady, 35, was found shot to death at about 10:30 p.m. in the 600 block of 9th Street, in West Palm Beach, FL

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Another man went to a hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound, apparently sustained during the block party gunfire. Authorities have not publicly identified that man.

Canady, 35, was named as the man fatally shot late Saturday at a block party on Ninth Street. source

A 23-year-old West Palm Beach-area man identified as, Mark Andrew Wright, was also fatally shot in West Plan Beach Saturday.

Wright was transported to a local hospital early Saturday where he was later pronounced dead, WPB officials said.

A private vehicle transported Wright to a hospital about 3:30 a.m., authorities said.

Anyone with information on the either fatal shooting should contact police at 911.