Four individuals from Florida, after a four-day investigation, have been arrested in connection to the homicide of 15-year-old Quashawn Burgess, Jr., who was shot and killed throughout the early morning hours Sept. 12.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office introduced the arrests of 20-year-old Rashan Harris, II, of Bartow, and 30-year-old Lilia Gonzalez, 23-year-old Jase Govia and 34-year-old Pierre Sauveur all of Winter Haven on Monday.

“I said during the beginning of this investigation that my detectives would not stop working until they found the suspect or suspects responsible for this young man’s murder — and they did exactly that,” Sheriff Grady Judd mentioned. “What started as the attempted robbery of a female convicted felon illegally in possession of a stolen firearm ended in a fatal shooting. A series of really bad choices by everyone involved ended in a death and hopefully very long prison sentences for two others.”

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According to the investigation, deputies responded to a residence on Saint Paul Drive in Winter Haven round 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 12 of a younger man discovered useless in the driveway.

First responders who arrived on the scene positioned and confirmed the sufferer, later recognized as Burgess, was useless with a gunshot wound to his face.

The one that reported the invention advised police he noticed the physique after arriving to go to a good friend.

Deputies canvassed the realm and spoke to witnesses who reported listening to a “pop” noise at about 12:30 a.m., however the witnesses additionally mentioned they thought the noise was simply fireworks.

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Burgess was not recognized till later that morning, and the sheriff’s workplace mentioned he lived in Bartow with his mom.

When deputies notified Burgess’s mom of his death, she mentioned she was unaware that her son was not residence, including she noticed him on the sofa at 10:30 p.m. the evening earlier than. She confirmed her son was not in his room and advised deputies she didn’t know when he left or the place he had gone.

As deputies contacted Burgess’s mom, extra investigators had been trying to find the neighborhood the place the taking pictures befell to search out movies of the time earlier than, throughout and after the crime.

In one video obtained by legislation enforcement, deputies noticed a number of individuals going in and out of the residence on Saint Paul Drive after the taking pictures, then leaving in a white automotive. Deputies executed a search warrant on the residence and located two backpacks with a number of luggage of marijuana.

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When detectives spoke to the resident, Govia, he allegedly admitted to promoting marijuana out of the home, and on the night of Sept. 11, he bought marijuana to a few black males earlier than leaving in a automobile parked down the road ready for him.

Detectives arrested Govia and charged him with sustaining a house the place managed substances are saved, possession of marijuana with intent to promote, possession of over 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

His affiliate, Sauveur, picked him up after the taking pictures and was arrested for drug fees as effectively.

As the investigation continued to unfold, detectives recognized the automobile seen on video arriving on the scene and leaving after the taking pictures, as belonging to a good friend of Harris. After finding the automobile on the proprietor’s home, detectives executed a search warrant and confirmed Harris used the automotive on Sept. 11 and throughout the timeframe of the homicide.

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Detectives additionally positioned Harris and interviewed him. During the interview, Harris allegedly admitted to being on the scene with Burgess when the homicide befell at about 12:30 a.m., including that he fled with out contacting authorities.

The sheriff’s workplace mentioned Harris advised detectives he picked up Burgess in Bartow to purchase weed from the “weed man,” and after the acquisition, whereas sitting in the driving force’s seat, Harris “hollered” at a girl to return communicate with him. The girl came to visit, received into the automobile and closed the door, Harris advised detectives.

Harris then mentioned he noticed the girl open the door and Burgess was making an attempt to take her private belongings earlier than he and the girl received into an altercation. As Burgess and the girl, later recognized as Gonzalez, continued to struggle, Harris mentioned he heard a gun fireplace and noticed Burgess fall to the bottom earlier than Gonzalez walked away.

Harris checked on Burgess, noticed he was useless and fled the scene, police mentioned. He additionally described the girl as white with brown hair. Investigators realized the girl was Gonzalez, and he or she lived on the identical avenue that the homicide befell.

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During an interview with detectives, Gonzalez, a convicted felon, allegedly admitted to purchasing a loaded handgun from Harris, which was later found to be stolen. She met with Harris to purchase the gun in Bartow, based on deputies, and Harris contacted her later that evening to get again collectively with her, so he may give her extra bullets that he forgot to offer her throughout the buy.

Gonzalez advised police she was nervous when Harris arrived on the neighbor’s home and known as her out, so she carried the gun in her pants pocket. While sitting in the automotive, she added, an unknown male, armed with a gun, opened the door and tried to take her bag off her again earlier than a wrestle befell. After realizing she was being robbed, police mentioned, she pulled the gun out of her pocket and shot Burgess. She additionally left after the taking pictures as a result of she didn’t wish to get in bother, police mentioned.

Harris was in the end arrested and charged with second-degree murder, tried armed theft, conspiracy to commit armed theft, dealing in stolen property, grand theft of a firearm, tampering with proof, illegal use of a two-way communication gadget, giving false data to police throughout a capital felony investigation, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and violation of probation.

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Gonzalez was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, dealing in stolen property, tampering with proof, grand theft of a firearm, and quite a few drug fees.

All 4 individuals who had been arrested have in depth criminal histories, the sheriff’s workplace famous. Harris, as an example, was arrested and charged with 53 felonies and 26 misdemeanors between 2017 and 2022, which embody armed theft, battery of a legislation enforcement official, grand theft, resisting arrest, and dealing in stolen property. He was lately launched from the Polk County Jail in January 2023 after being arrested in December 2020 on 60 fees.