LAKELAND, Fla — The Polk County Sheriff's Office investigates after a man, shot in the chest, crashed into a house and ran over a man on a bike in Lakeland on Monday.
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Polk County Sheriff (PCSO) said first responders went to an apartment home on Pirates Way around 1:30 p.m. for a report of a white Mercedes that crashed into a home. As rescue crews were helping 19-year-old Davin Boutwell, who was in the car, they noticed he had been shot in the chest.
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PCSO said they then found a second person, Nathaniel Jones, 38, on an electric bike under the car.
"It's very sad to me that a man just minding his business, riding his electric bicycle, was murdered," said Sheriff Grady Judd. "At this early stage of the investigation, he appears to have absolutely no involvement in this event. He was just so unfortunate to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Sheriff Grady Judd said homicide detectives responded to the crash and started to investigate the incident. They believe that Boutwell went into the Secret Cove subdivision to sell drugs to two other teens. Sheriff Judd said they believe one of the teens shot Boutwell, who ended up attempting to speed away, but drove into the home.
"Now, for those of you who want to think that marijuana is low-level and nonviolent, you're just absolutely, totally out of your mind," said Sheriff Grady Judd.
Sheriff Judd said detectives believe Boutwell hit Jones while he was on the electric bike and dragged him under the car into the home.
Timothy Frasier said Jones was his cousin, and he was just returning home from work.
He said he couldn’t believe it was him, so he went to the crime scene to get closure.
"I'm shocked, totally," said Frasier. "I wanted to see his body, I wanted to see his face. I heard it, I heard everyone saying his name, but I just wanted to see his face."
Frasier said his cousin left behind a family with kids.
"[He was] loving, caring, working, all about himself and kids," said Frasier.
No one was in the home at the time of the crash.
Sheriff Judd said detectives have a video of the incident and a video of the possible suspect and witnesses.
"And they're all young, some of them just appear to be kids, just kids," said Sheriff Grady Judd. "The kids with guns are dangerous."
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