Demetrius Robinson, 37, was shot and killed on January 1, 2016, in Bradenton, Florida. He and his girlfriend, 31-year-old Florence Randall, were found with fatal gunshot wounds inside their home at a public housing complex at 5723 11th St. E around 5:00 a.m.

Investigators tied the double homicide to a larger criminal enterprise operating in Manatee County. A federal indictment unsealed on May 3, 2018, charged seven people in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murders of Robinson and Randall. The indictment alleges that Andrew Thompson, 23, was given a firearm by Jordan Rodriguez, 24, to threaten Robinson, and that the situation escalated to the fatal shootings. The conspiracy count also links the group to other murders, drive-by shootings, arson, robbery and drug trafficking.

The matter was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, ATF and the State Attorney’s Office for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit involved. Did anyone who knew Demetrius or Florence see or hear anything the morning of January 1, 2016?