Jeankys JP Pierre Jr, an 18-year-old resident of Belle Glade, was fatally shot on June 8, 2020, in the 100 block of State Road 715. According to witnesses, Pierre arrived at a friend’s mobile home and found a 14-year-old girl crying; he confronted Jamar La’tavious Quintarrious Peete, then 19, after learning the girl had allegedly been hit repeatedly. Peete was inside the home gathering his belongings when the confrontation turned physical and he drew a gun, firing multiple shots that struck Pierre. Pierre ran to a nearby friend’s house, collapsed, and later died at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting and within a week arrested Peete on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault; he was also accused of pointing a gun at another person while fleeing and was ordered held without bail. Witnesses said Peete had been violent toward the 14-year-old throughout the night and into the morning prior to the shooting.

Did anyone in Belle Glade see or hear anything that night that could add details about what happened in the mobile home?