Which teen turned himself in for the death of a cheerleader?”
MANATEE — The 18-year-old man charged with shooting a Bayshore High School cheerleader to death is being held without bond after going before Judge Doug Henderson this morning. Daniel Floyd Williams of Palmetto turned himself in late Saturday at the sheriff’s office after he heard detectives were searching for him to arrest him on a murder warrant. The warrant stated Williams could not bond out. This morning, Henderson appointed Williams a public defender, even though the teen said his mother had plans to hire a private attorney. Williams is accused of firing a gun at a vehicle after speaking to four girls in a car outside Southeast High School Friday night, about 30 to 45 minutes after the high school’s season opening football game had ended, according to the warrant. Three Bayshore High cheerleaders — including 17-year-old Jasmine Thompson, who was shot to death — were inside the car and went to the high school at about 10:45 p.m. to pick up another girl who cheers at Southeast. The
Manatee County, Florida – At about 10 p.m. Saturday night, deputies say 18-year-old Daniel Floyd Williams of Manatee County turned himself in. He is charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Jazmine Thompson late Friday night. Thompson was shot while she was sitting in the back seat of her friend’s car near Southeast High School in Bradenton around 11:00 p.m. on Friday. Thompson had just cheered earlier in the evening when Bayshore played Manatee High in a Friday night football game at Manatee. Investigators say Thompson, along with two other classmates from Bayshore, picked up another friend who is a student at Southeast. Deputies say Williams, who knew one of the girls, started having a conversation with them. They will not give details about the conversation but do say it was not an argument. Suddenly, according to witnesses, Williams started waving a gun and fired four shots. At least one of those shots hit Thompson in the upper body. Thompson’s friends
