Updated April 21: The Gainesville Police Department has announced that Carter was shot in his home by a toddler who had access to a firearm. Carter's family reportedly knew what occurred
Edited: Mistakenly hyperlinked a different press release by the U.S. attorney’s office on a similar case in Gainesville.
Press Release from the Northern Fl District of the United States Attorney’s
Mayor Harvey Ward posted a press release on Instagram on Wednesday regarding a rock with an attached note being used to destroy his office window. Ward called the note “lengthy and hate-driven.”
Ward
“Places to go, things to do, mentors, jobs.” These were the solutions repeated by Gainesville City Commissioner Desmon Duncan-Walker and echoed by Alachua County Commissioner Anna Prizzia at Monday’s city/county joint
Update | Dec 18, 2025:
On December 12, 2024, Dyquann Freeney was convicted of second degree murder among other charges in a plea deal and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
On May 5,
