Cocoa homicide victim’s mother says witnesses are too afraid of ‘street justice’ to come forward
Mother begs for answers in son’s death
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COCOA, Fla. – Another year has gone by since her son’s death and Anita Gibson still doesn’t know who shot him.
The Cocoa Police Department said Gibson’s son, 36-year-old Jonte Thomas, was with two friends driving on Fiske Boulevard after a Cocoa High School football championship game on Dec. 9, 2016 when someone in another car shot at them.
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Thomas spent months in the hospital before he died on May 1, 2017.
Thursday would have been Thomas’ birthday and to mark the occasion, Gibson once again implored members of the community to cooperate with authorities if they know what happened to her son.
Cocoa police investigate shooting death of 21-year-old man
A 21-year-old man was shot early Saturday, and now investigators are looking for his killer. Share Updated: 9:25 PM EDT May 1, 2021 cocoa police department
A 21-year-old man was shot early Saturday, and now investigators are looking for his killer. Share Updated: 9:25 PM EDT May 1, 2021 A 21-year-old man was shot early Saturday, and now investigators are looking for his killer. The man was shot just after 1 a.m. near Azalea Lane and Fiske Boulevard, according to police officials. Several calls came in to 911 after the shooting, with witnesses reporting the sound of multiple gunshots. Officers say they found the victim wounded in his car. He was flown to a hospital for treatment, but died shortly thereafter. Investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward. The man has not yet been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced in the case. Officers are asking any
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COCOA Nearly two days after learning someone shot and killed her 21-year-old son just a few blocks away, Shannon Rowe attended a Sunday rally to raise awareness about the recent spate of gun violence in Brevard County.
Just a few feet away was Anita Gibson, another mother whose son was gunned down four years before. The two women talked as others looked on beneath the noon sun, bonding somberly in their roles as women who lose a loved one to homicide. It s just senseless . it s going to take all of us, the whole community to do something about this, said Rowe, whose son Ricky Albury III was found fatally wounded in a car on Saturday.
Police did not immediately release the identity of the victim or any details about a possible suspect in the case.
Detectives are collecting evidence and interviewing possible witnesses. Anyone with information on the case is asked to anonymously text or email dropadime@cocoapolice.com.
Check back for updates.
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