On June 11, 2023, 18-year-old Fernando Garcia Nunez was fatally shot in the rear parking lot of The Hall nightclub on U.S. 301 North in Palmetto, Florida. Officers responding to a disturbance heard a single gunshot and found Garcia Nunez on the ground with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Blake Medical Center and later died there.

Investigators report the confrontation began when 21-year-old Jose Gomez allegedly pointed a handgun at a juvenile brother and sister in the parking lot. Garcia Nunez intervened and was shot by Gomez. Gomez was arrested hours later and booked into the Manatee County Jail on a charge of second-degree murder with a firearm. The Palmetto Police Department is continuing its investigation and has asked witnesses or anyone with information to contact Detective Richard Wilson or Manatee County Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone see what happened in the parking lot that night or know more about the events leading up to the shooting?