On November 3, 2023, Jose Valliant, a 28-year-old resident of Belleview, Florida, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Burger King at 2301 E. Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala. After the altercation that led to the shooting, Valliant was placed into someone’s car and taken to HCA Florida Maricamp Emergency, where he was pronounced dead. The Ocala Police Department describes the incident as part of a drug deal gone wrong.

An investigation produced arrests. David Smith III, 21, has been charged with third-degree murder; Smith was already in custody on several felony charges, including aggravated assault, failure to appear, drug possession, and drug trafficking, at the time the murder charge was filed. Two other Ocala residents, Kevin Latrell Coleman, 29, and Tulana Joshua, 33, were arrested on tampering with evidence charges. Coleman, a convicted felon, is also charged with firearm possession and is being held without bond; Joshua is being held on a $5,000 bond. The OPD continues to investigate and is asking anyone with information to call and reference case number 202300161521.

Does anyone have information about that night or the people involved that could help the investigation?