On January 29, 2024, 16-year-old Jacques Ford of Clearwater, Florida, was fatally shot inside an apartment in the 1200 block of Engman Street. He was taken to Morton Plant Hospital, where he later died. The shooting took place at a residence where the suspect, also a teenager and described as a friend of Jacques, lived.

Clearwater police arrested the teenage friend who picked up the gun before it was fired; that youth was one of two people arrested in connection with Jacques Ford’s death. Investigators also say 39-year-old Laquanda Lancaster, the mother of the teenage suspect, instructed a witness to be untruthful to police about what happened.

If anyone knew Jacques, the apartment on Engman Street, or has information about the events that night, please share what can help the investigation.