Nasir Sutton was 23 and a Winter Haven, Florida resident when he was shot to death on June 10, 2018. Sutton was found at 1098 Carefree Cove Drive with a single gunshot wound; another man at the scene, 38-year-old Bennie Joyner, was critically wounded and later died on June 19, 2018. Authorities identified 36-year-old James Steven Spooky Williams as an off-and-on roommate of the victims and said an argument between Williams and the two men preceded the shooting.

Williams fled but was captured the next day, reportedly with the handgun believed to be the murder weapon. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office charged him with two counts of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; a grand jury later returned a two-count first-degree murder indictment along with related firearm and assault counts. Williams was denied bail at his initial court appearance.

Sutton’s mother, Shakena Lester, remembered him as kind, helpful, and enrolled in a culinary arts program at Job Corps in Gainesville. The motive for the argument that led to the shooting has not been publicly explained.

If anyone knew Nasir Sutton or has information about the events at Carefree Cove Drive on June 10, 2018, please come forward.