Jamar Ahmed Mousakheel, 31, of Fort Lauderdale was fatally shot on June 2, 2020, in a beach-area parking lot at 231 Almond Avenue near East Las Olas Boulevard. Surveillance footage shows an argument at about 11:10 p.m. between Mousakheel and two men. One man retrieved a gun from a car and shot Mousakheel in the leg; Mousakheel remained in the lot, wounded and distressed. A second man then approached and shot him in the head at close range, killing him instantly.

Authorities arrested 43-year-old Gerald Gotcher of Fort Lauderdale within 72 hours and charged him with murder; police identified Gotcher as the person who fired the fatal headshot. The first shooter, who shot Mousakheel in the leg, remains at large. Investigators described that man as slim, with shoulder-length dreadlocks, who fled in a light-colored four-door compact sedan, possibly a Nissan. Surveillance videos and 911 recordings have been released to the public.

Mousakheel’s family and friends said he was a father trying to turn his life around after a prior armed carjacking conviction and release from prison in 2016. Anyone with information about the remaining suspect or the shooting is asked to come forward.