(WSVN) - A years-long investigation of a Florida International University student’s death has ended with two people behind bars.
The State Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of 25-year-old Donterio Rashad Fowler and 23-year-old Keondre Quamar Fields.
The two were wanted in connection to the murder of 21-year-old Michael Zaldua.
The FIU student, a freelance photographer, was shot and killed in 2016 at an off-campus parking garage.
Police found his body at the Fourth Street Commons apartment complex in Sweetwater, a popular complex used by many FIU students.
Investigators found cash and a gun by his body and a gun in his jacket pocket.
They also found marijuana and a small baggie of what they believe was cocaine in his car.
At the time of the shooting, Zaldua’s neighbors remembered him as a kind and caring individual.
“Always ‘Hi, ma’am.’ Very — I’m shocked that something like this could happen,” said neighbor Johanna Romero.
Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez hopes his family and friends can now have some closure.
Both Fields and Fowler have been charged with first-degree murder with a deadly weapon.
The Miami Herald is reporting Fowler is the brother of Atlanta Falcons linebacker and former Florida gator Dante Fowler Jr.
They are being held at the Pinellas County Jail.
Both suspects will be extradited to Miami-Dade County where they will face a judge.
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