Following a shooting that left a Santa Fe College student dead, Gainesville Police arrested two men connected to the murder.
Police charged Adrick Montez Williams, 28, of 2019 NW Third Ave., Sunday afternoon with being an accessory to murder. A second suspect, Jonathan Rashad Peterson, 26, was charged with homicide and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after he turned himself in to police Monday.
At about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Eugene Shelton, 26, was shot in the chest at Rocky Point Apartments, 3100 SW 35th Place, during what police believe was a drug deal.
A 19-year-old woman drove Shelton to Shands at UF, where he was taken into surgery. At 2:50 a.m. Friday, Shelton died from the gunshot wound, according to a GPD press release.
The woman who drove Shelton to the hospital told police that Shelton called someone to arrange a meeting for a drug deal in the apartment complex, according to an arrest report.
Police searched through Shelton’s phone records and discovered the number Shelton called before the shooting belonged to Williams.
According to the report, Williams was interviewed twice by police.
During the first interview, Williams said he loaned his cellphone to Peterson because he needed it to “make a play,” or initiate a drug deal.
Williams said he only knew Peterson by his nicknames, “Head” or “Lucifer.” After the shooting, Peterson gave the cellphone back to Williams and told him to erase all of his numbers.
Williams added he didn’t know Shelton was shot until he heard about it from a relative later, according to the report.
In the second interview with police, Williams changed his story, saying he knew Peterson’s identity and that Peterson told him he had shot Shelton.
Williams said he hid his cellphone and contacted his phone carrier to change his number because he didn’t want to be connected to the murder.
During a six-person photographic lineup, Williams identified Peterson as the shooter.
Police booked Williams into jail at 5:07 p.m. Sunday.
At about 11:30 a.m. Monday, Peterson called GPD Detective Cpl. Benjamin Smith, and he later surrendered himself to police at the GPD Criminal Investigations Bureau, according to a press release.
Peterson was booked into jail at 12:49 p.m. Monday.
As of Monday night, Williams and Peterson remained in jail. Williams’ bond was set at $50,000, while a bond for Peterson had not been set.
Contact Chris Alcantara at calcantara@alligator.org.
