On Sunday, November 16, 2025, 28-year-old Lendzi Lakeman of Brevard County was shot multiple times and died on the pavement in the 7000 block of Carlow Avenue in Port St. John. Deputies arrived about 12:15 p.m. after multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired; evidence technicians documented shell casings along the street as homicide agents reconstructed the scene. Investigators treated the killing as a domestic incident and focused early attention on Lendzi’s boyfriend, 23-year-old Tyjah Bellinger, who was later found at a home on Dallas Avenue in Port St. John and taken into custody without incident.

Bellinger was arrested on a charge of first-degree premeditated murder and booked into the Brevard County Jail on no-bond status; a judge ordered he remain jailed and an arraignment was set for December. Authorities say the shooting appears to have been an isolated act, that the precise motive remains unclear, and that Bellinger has not cooperated with questioning. Detectives continue to collect evidence and seek witnesses.

Obituaries and local tributes describe Lendzi as kind-hearted and compassionate, and residents have left memorials near the scene. Does anyone in Port St. John have information about Lendzi, her relationship, or what led up to the shooting that afternoon?