TPD needs public s help solving live-streamed fatal shooting
and last updated 2021-04-28 13:56:52-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â A Tallahassee man was shot multiple times - and it was all streamed live on Facebook. Months later, investigators have no leads in the case.
The Tallahassee Police Department is working to find out what happened leading up to the shooting that left 29-year-old Leoninas Williams, Jr. dead on Feb. 4, 2021.
The reward money is up to $9,500, thanks to a joint reward from Crime Stoppers of the Big Bend and the Florida Attorney General s Office.
Police say the shooting happened the night of Feb. 4 on Texas Street in the area of the Sunrise Place Apartments.
EDITOR’S NOTE:
The Tallahassee Democrat has chosen to make this story free to read due to the importance of the public safety information it contains. But reporting and fact-checking news is a costly and time-consuming endeavor. Please show your support for quality journalism like this by becoming a digital subscriber to the Tallahassee Democrat.
A Tallahassee man was streaming live video from his car on Facebook earlier this year when a person or persons unknown opened fire on him, killing him almost instantly.
Leoninas Williams Jr., 29, a father of three, nicknamed “Keam,” was shot multiple times the night of Feb. 4 as he drove his red Honda Accord around Sunrise Place Apartments on Texas Street.