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FORT MYERS Nearly a decade later: Club Blu shooting suspects await trial It’s been nearly eight years since a shooting at Club Blu took two innocent lives from our community.
FORT MYERS Mother still searching for answers 1 year after son’s shooting death on Midpoint Bridge A Cape Coral mother says her son was shot to death on the Midpoint Bridge in 2021 because his name was in documents related to the deadly 2016 Club Blu shooting, and she still wants answers. 24-year-old Jadwin Carrion was killed on the Midpoint Bridge on May 9, 2021, and although law enforcement hasn’t officially […]
LEE COUNTY Jadwin Carrion’s mother wants answers a year after death on Midpoint Bridge The mother of a man killed on the Midpoint Bridge is speaking out on the sentencing of Kiara Russ. Although officials won’t confirm Carrion’s death was tied to the Club Blu shooting, his mother thinks it’s related. “They really haven’t told me much of anything as far as… it’s just ongoing investigation,” Lorrieann Thurman said. […]
GATEWAY 5th Annual Stef’An Strawder showcase honors slain basketball player Some of Southwest Florida’s most promising basketball players took to the court on Friday night in hopes of catching the eyes of college coaches who could potentially pave a path for their academic and athletic futures. The Fifth annual Stef’An Strawder Showcase Memorial was held at Gateway High School. The event, which is open to […]
FORT MYERS Jury selected in first Club Blu trial, opening statements to begin on Wednesday The fight for justice for the families of two teens killed in a shooting continues. Kierra Russ is the first of five defendants who will face a jury in the deaths of Stef’An Strawder and Sean Archilles, who were killed in the 2016 Club Blu shooting that injured 14 others. It took about six hours […]
FORT MYERS Testimony continues in Club Blu defendant trial Emotions poured out of the courtroom during the second day of testimony in the trial of Kierra Russ. Russ is one of five defendants accused of participating in a shooting at Club Blu in 2016 that killed Stef’An Strawder, 18, and 14-year-old Sean Archilles. Awaiting trial are Tajze Battle, Derrick Church, Don Loggins and Demetrius […]
FORT MYERS Mother’s push for answers continues year after son’s death; son was targeted in Club Blu shooting It’s been nearly one year of sleepless nights for Lorrieann Thurman. For almost a year she has gone without justice for the killing of her son Jadwin Carrion, who was shot and killed on the Midpoint Bridge on Mother’s Day 2021. “They say with time it gets easier, but for us mothers who lose our […]
FORT MYERS Kierra Russ sentenced to life in prison for Club Blu mass shooting Kierra Russ, the first person brought to trial for the deadly 2016 Club Blu mass shooting in Fort Myers, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday afternoon. Russ was the first of five suspects to go to trial in connection to the Club Blu shooting. In May, a jury found her guilty of two […]
FORT MYERS Club Blu shooting suspect in court Wednesday, may be held without bond One of the suspects in the 2016 Club Blu shooting is in court Wednesday morning to see if he will have his bond revoked. According to court documents, Don Loggins, 29, of Lehigh Acres, has a court hearing at 9 a.m. in which the state will be asking the judge to hold him without due […]
FORT MYERS Testimony continues in Club Blu trial with law enforcement, FBI agent on the stand Law enforcement and FBI agents take the stand to close the first week of a mass shooting trial. They’re the ones who dug through tons of video evidence and phone records from the night of the violence in July 2016 at Club Blu. Kierra Russ is on trial for murder in the shooting that killed […]