Christopher Lamar Houston, 21, was shot near 12th Street and Pecan Avenue in Sanford and arrived at HCA Lake Monroe shortly before 6:30 p.m. on June 8, 2025, with multiple gunshot wounds. He did not survive those injuries.

Investigators focused on the intersection and retraced Houston’s steps while appealing for witnesses. A 32-year-old man, Jocquise Lavarsea Jarrells, later contacted police and claimed he had fired in self-defense; detectives said witness testimony and scene evidence did not support that claim. A warrant was issued on September 17, 2025, and Jarrells was arrested and booked into the Seminole County jail on a charge of first-degree premeditated homicide.

Authorities continued to ask anyone with information about the shooting to contact the Sanford Police Department or submit an anonymous tip through Crimeline. If anyone saw or heard anything near 12th and Pecan on the evening of June 8, can you share what you know?