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Gainesville police announce arrests in homicide on SE 16th Avenue

Handcuffs arrested. Metro Creative
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Key Points
  • Gainesville Police arrested Christian Howard, charging him with homicide-murder and robbery related to the Sept. 10 shooting on SE 16th Avenue.
  • Carey Showers Jr. was also charged with homicide and was wounded by gunshot when arrested; he is currently receiving medical treatment.

Gainesville Police Department SWAT officers and detectives served a search warrant Tuesday as part of the ongoing investigation into a homicide that occurred Sept. 10 in the 100 block of SE 16th Avenue.

According to a GPD release sent Wednesday, the warrant was part of an effort to locate18-year-old Christian Howard. Howard was not at the residence, but the Florida Highway Patrol later found him during a traffic stop and took him into custody.

Christian Howard. Alachua County Jail
Alachua County Jail Christian Howard
Carey Showers Jr. GPD
GPD Carey Showers Jr.

Howard was transported to the Alachua County Jail and charged with homicide-murder while engaged in robbery, robbery with a firearm and possession of a weapon or ammunition by a Florida delinquent.

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Carey Showers Jr., 18, was arrested Friday and has also been charged with homicide in connection with the case. Showers was suffering from a gunshot wound at the time of his arrest and is receiving medical treatment.

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