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Friday, February 21, 2025

Theater gunman turns self in after call

A Gainesville man who shot a gun at a group of people outside the Butler Plaza movie theater turned himself in Wednesday afternoon.

Gainesville Police arrested Zairon Jarquis Fussell, 19, on attempted murder and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, according to GPD. Fussell turned himself in after police called and spoke with him on his cellphone, GPD spokesman Ben Tobias said.

Police had been searching for Fussell since he fled the scene Monday morning. Police already arrested another suspect involved, Robert Nathaniel Morris, 19, on four counts of attempted murder and one count of conspiracy.

Fussell and Morris got into an argument with a group of four friends before a movie at the Regal Stadium 14, located on the 3100 block of Southwest 35th Boulevard, according to a GPD police report. After the movie ended, the argument continued in the parking lot. Fussell pulled out a handgun and fired a single shot at the group, according to the report. No one was hurt.

Fussell was booked into the Alachua County Jail, where he remained Wednesday night with a $1,015,000 bond.

“That’s good that his a-- got caught,” said victim Brandon Richardson.

Contact Kathryn Varn at kvarn@alligator.org.

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