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An investigation showed that the 16-year-old had a firearm in his waistband that discharged, causing the bullet to travel through his leg before striking Quasheda Pierce and traveling through her leg as well before striking the funeral platform.
Investigators said residue from the gunshot was found inside the pants the teenager was wearing at the time of the incident.
Quasheda Pierce asked that the person responsible not be prosecuted.
Sheriff s detectives conducted an investigation, which was forwarded to the State Attorney s Office, where the decision was made to charge the boy.
Sincere Pierce, 18, was shot and killed by a sheriff s deputy during a traffic stop on Nov. 13, 2020. Pierce was sitting in the rear driver s side of a Volkswagen sedan when the driver, 16-year-old A.J. Crooms, attempted to evade the stop.
Sole survivor of deputy-involved shooting arrested for third time on drug charges
Jacquan Kimbrough-Rucker was passenger in car during shooting which 2 teens were killed
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Jacquan Kimbrough-Rucker, 20, talks about the BCSO deputy-involved shooting in November 2020 that resulted in the deaths of two teens he was in a car with. (Image credit: Tim Shortt/Florida Today) (Florida Today 2021)
For the third time this year, the sole survivor of a deadly police shooting in November has been arrested and jailed on felony drug charges, reports News 6 partner Florida Today.
Jacquan Kimbrough-Rucker, 20, was the surviving passenger in a car during a shooting in which two teenagers were shot and killed by a Brevard County Sheriff’s Office deputy. State Attorney Phil Archer issued a statement in April that the deputy’s use of force was justified and that no criminal charges would be filed.