Antion Lamar Shade Jr., 23, was shot and killed on June 10, 2022, in a drive-by shooting in the northwest area of Ocala. Shade was standing with a group of people in the 2400 block of Northwest Third Street when a vehicle drove by and an occupant or occupants fired; Shade was struck in the chest and later died at a local hospital. His cousin, Russell Tolbert, was wounded in the leg in the same attack but survived.

The Ocala Police Department opened an investigation but has not announced any arrests or released a description of the vehicle involved. Officials also have not confirmed whether this shooting is linked to a drive-by the previous week at nearby Laurel Park Apartments, in which a 14-year-old boy was shot twice and survived. The community remains shocked and the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened on Northwest Third Street on June 10, 2022, please contact the Ocala Police Department.