Dante Markeith Steele was 18 when he was shot and killed on January 4, 2013, in Jacksonville, Florida. He had been meeting two men to buy a gun in the 5100 block of Birkenhead Road at about 7 p.m. One man pulled a gun from his waistband, shot Steele, and fled; Steele ran around a corner, collapsed, and was found missing his cell phone, money, bicycle, and other personal items. Police said robbery and possibly drugs were believed to be motives.
Two men, Markeith Kavaris Anglin, 19, and Marquis Antwan Bates, 18, were arrested and charged in connection with the killing. Police linked a gun found with Anglin to the weapon used in Steele’s shooting; Anglin was first charged with possession of a firearm by a felon on January 15, 2013, and Bates was arrested on a robbery warrant on January 27, 2013. Both were also charged with armed robbery and related counts and held without bail. Anglin later pled guilty to second-degree murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon and received a 35-year sentence.
Does anyone have information about Steele’s movements that night or witnesses who were in the Birkenhead Road area around 7 p.m. on January 4, 2013?