Warrant details what led up to arrest of man in Coast Guard member’s murder

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A warrant details what led up to a antheral being arrested successful the shooting decease of an active-duty U.S. Coast Guard member.

The apprehension warrant for Tyree Parker -- which was obtained by News4Jax connected Wednesday -- shows that forensic grounds helped pb constabulary to a cardinal witnesser successful the case.

About 5:30 a.m. Aug. 3, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Caroline Schollaert was connected the telephone with 911, holding Parker astatine gunpoint aft uncovering him successful her vehicle. The warrant shows she told 911 that Parker was wearing a achromatic garment and bluish hat. The warrant states gunshots were heard arsenic Schollaert mentioned Parker was starting to tally away.

“Video and audio grounds obtained from the country shows the fishy wearing what appears to beryllium a achromatic shirt, bluish beanie and cargo benignant shorts sprout the unfortunate successful the driveaway astatine this aforesaid time,” the warrant said. “Prior to this deadly encounter, the aforesaid suspect, who was wearing the aforesaid chiseled clothing, was seen walking up the driveway to the victim’s vehicle.”

After Schollaert was fatally shot, according to the warrant, surveillance video captured a shirtless antheral moving connected the sidewalk wearing cargo-type shorts and carrying thing successful his arms. Then, astir 7:30 a.m., the aforesaid antheral is seen jumping from bushes adjacent a concern and getting into the rider broadside of a metallic Ford Edge, the warrant states.

The warrant said JSO recovered a achromatic garment and bluish caput covering. According to the warrant, DNA from the garment matched a pistillate who is friends with Parker.

She was questioned Aug. 8 and denied immoderate engagement but told constabulary that helium had “describing moving from the constabulary connected the day of the incidental and hiding from the police,” the warrant said.

The pistillate said she was told a household subordinate picked him up connected the time of the shooting and showed constabulary substance messages from an hr aft the murder, the warrant states.

The warrant said Parker sent different messages to the pistillate asking wherefore constabulary were astatine her location and what she told them. According to the warrant, helium asked her if she wanted to permission municipality with him, and she said yes. Based connected those communications, JSO got the warrant for Parker’s arrest.

Days earlier Parker’s arrest, his neighbor, Keyon Wilcox, said helium noticed thing different.

“I saw that helium had chopped his hairsbreadth and I shook his hand. I said, ‘What’s up, bro? Are you alright?’ And helium said, ‘Yeah, I’m alright,’” recounted Wilcox.

Wilcox said helium did not cognize constabulary were looking for his neighbor.

“I’ve told him galore times before, ‘Bro, you’ve got to beryllium smart, enactment retired of trouble,’” Wilcox said.

Parker, 22, turned himself aboriginal Tuesday, constabulary said. He is charged with second-degree execution and is being held successful the Duval County jailhouse without bond.

When News4Jax went to his location for remark connected Wednesday, the idiosyncratic who answered the doorway told america to get distant from the location and closed the door.