Jose Luis Reyes Jr, 22, of Palm Bay, Florida, was shot and killed on September 30, 2018, during a drug transaction on Pelican Drive Northeast. Reyes and several associates drove to the residence to conduct a marijuana deal. They encountered an older-model car occupied by a 16-year-old, Kaiyam Kellman, who was armed. As Reyes attempted to leave, Kellman fired multiple shots into Reyes’ vehicle, striking him in the abdomen. Wounded, Reyes lost control of the car and it crashed into a house on Pelican Drive. He was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.

Kellman was charged with second-degree murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, and shooting into an occupied building. He was initially held in the Brevard Juvenile Detention Center and was later moved to the Brevard County Jail’s juvenile holding area as prosecutors sought to try him as an adult. Reports say the firearm likely belonged to a relative of one of the teens involved.

What details about the scene or the people involved might help explain how a routine drug deal escalated to deadly violence?