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PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - Seven years later, the family of Javare Thomas might finally get some closure. Palmetto Police believe they know who is responsible for the death of the 26-year-old.
“Sometimes it’s just a matter of talking to the right people, people finally coming forward and people talking about what they know,” said Chief Scott Tyler with the Palmetto Police Department.
Palmetto Police say 28-year-old Ricardo Garcia shot and killed Thomas in March of 2014 on Haben Boulevard not far from the Bradenton Area Convention Center. Police say Garcia had been in a fight at The Hall nightclub in Palmetto earlier. He thought he had pulled up to the car that had the person he fought in it. It turns out, that person was in another vehicle.