FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Detectives have released a new surveillance video of a man wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a father in Fort Lauderdale.
Investigators released the video on Tuesday morning, hoping members of the public will be able to help track down the suspect months after 31-year-old Jamar Mousakheel was shot at 231 Almond Ave.
“We are trying to identify that first shooter,” Fort Lauderdale Police detective Ali Adamson said. “He remains unidentified at this time. Without identifying who this first shooter is, we’re missing that crucial piece.”
In the video, a gunshot could be heard ringing out at approximately 11:15 p.m. along Almond Avenue, just north of Las Olas Boulevard, on June 2. Authorities have also released 911 calls from those in the area.
“The parking lot next to Quarterdeck, it sounded like a gunshot, and there’s a man in the parking lot on the floor,” said one man on the phone with a 911 operator.
“Whoa, [expletive]! Yo, someone just shot him in the face,” a man said to the 911 operator.
The 911 operator replied, “Somebody just shot him in the face?”
The released 911 calls also includes one where it appears that the victim tried to call for help moments before he was shot and killed.
“Hey, somebody just shot me, bro, Almond Avenue,” the caller said. “Bro, what is you talking about, bro?”
“OK, is somebody hurt? Or there was a shooting?” the 911 operator said. “Sir, did somebody get shot? Hello? Hello?”
Mousakheel was transported to Broward Health Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Police later arrested 44-year-old Gerald Gotcher days after the shooting. He has since been charged with premeditated murder.
Detectives are searching for the man who, they said, first shot Mousakheel in the leg. Surveillance video captures the three men in the parking lot before one subject shot the victim.
“An argument of some sort ensued. The first shooter goes to his vehicle where he retrieves a firearm, and he shoots the victim in the leg,” Adamson said.
Another camera captured the victim lying on the ground as a second shot rang out.
Detectives said Gotcher is the shooter behind the second deadly shot.
If you have any information on this fatal shooting, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000 reward.
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