CRIME:2 Arrested in shooting death of Jacksonville 17-year-old

Roland Ball, 21, along with a 16-year-old suspect, are charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Daevon Walker in March 2020

Two arrests have been made in the case of a 17-year-old Male shot and killed in March of 2020.

Friends and family identified Daevon Walker as the victim of the crime and that he was in his home with a friend when the incident occurred. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. in the 4700 block of Portsmouth Avenue in Jacksonville Florida. Walker’s friend reportedly survived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Thursday, Roland Ball, 21, was charged in connection to his death. He faces a second-degree murder charge along with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and shooting or throwing a deadly missile. Ball was arrested after police served a warrant in the 7400 block of Linda Drive, according to a JSO arrest report.

A 16-year-old boy was also arrested in connection to the crime. He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder. He turned himself in for a warrant, according to the arrest report.

A family friend told First Coast News Walker was an Highschool with dreams of becoming a music artist . He also appeared in an on-air interview with First Coast News during the city’s Christmas tree lighting in 2019, which sparked another possible direction toward a television career.

β€œTo be interviewed by you and, yeah, it set something under his feet and she was ready to go!” family friend Tasyia Walker said. β€œAnd we know he would have been great at it.”

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