Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit, in collaboration with BSO’s V.I.P.E.R. (Violent Intervention Proactive Enforcement Response) investigators, have arrested three men for the murder of Ammon Watson last August. 

The fatal shooting occurred around 12 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, near the 2100 block of Northwest 28th Street in Oakland Park. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Oakland Park Fire Rescue responded. BSO deputies located an adult male in a driveway who had been shot. Deputies quickly established a perimeter and canvassed the area. The victim, Watson, was pronounced deceased on scene. According to investigators, the shooter ran up to the victim while he was in a driveway of a family home and shot him. The shooter then fled on foot.

During the course of the investigation, Ta’Narine Hamilton, Khalil Elie and Morris King Jr, were identified as suspects in the homicide and warrants for their arrests were obtained. Hamilton was already in custody, Elie was arrested on Monday, June 16 and King Jr. was located in Sunrise on Thursday, July 10, and booked into BSO Main Jail. All three suspects face one count of felony murder in the first degree.

The investigation continues.