Gabriel Rosario Cortez was a 17-year-old Hispanic teenager from Orlando remembered by friends and coworkers for his smile, laugh and sense of humor. A former Lake Howell High School student, he worked at a local Papa John’s where colleagues said they missed him after his death.

On the night of December 12, 2024, at about 10:30 p.m., deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the 10100 block of Chesham Drive. Gabriel was found deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives identified two brothers, 18-year-old Marcus Anttwain Anderson Jr. and 16-year-old Naki Lamar Anderson, as suspects. Investigators say the brothers had arranged to meet Gabriel to buy marijuana but intended to rob him; the encounter escalated into a scuffle and an exchange of gunfire in which Gabriel was fatally shot.

Both brothers were arrested on December 18, 2024, and charged with first-degree murder; Marcus Anderson was booked into the Orange County Jail and held without bond while the younger brother’s case was processed through juvenile court.

Does anyone have information about Gabriel’s last known movements or the Chesham Drive area that could help clarify what happened that night?