GREEN COVE SPRING, Fla. – The Clay County Sheriff's Office has asked the U.S. Marshals Service to help find a fourth suspect in a double shooting that took the life of an 18-year-old man at a Green Cove Springs home early Sunday.
Deputies searching for 22-year-old Ozell McNabb Jr. said they will continue to patrol the area of Pacetti Road, south of Green Cove Springs, and stretching toward the Putnam County line, but more than 24 hours after the manhunt began.
Deputies urged all Clay County residents to be on the lookout for McNabb, but because there is a chance he was able to get a vehicle and leave the area, the Sheriff's Office has asked the U.S. Marshals Service to help find him.
McNabb one of four people suspected in the shooting death of 18-year-old Kolton Shearer. On Sunday, deputies arrested Jordan Tyler Coleman, 20, Taurean Johnson, 28, and Alexandra Schreffler, 21, in the robbery and shooting.
Detectives said McNabb and the three others met Shearer and two other people at the home on County Road 16A near Idlewild Avenue around 2 a.m. The reason for the meeting was not known, but investigators said someone in the group of four started shooting, killing Shearer and hitting a second victim in the leg.
After Shearer was shot, another person drove him in a pickup truck to a Kangaroo gas station about 1 mile away for help. The driver, whose name was not released, was not injured and tried to save Shearer by giving him CPR in the gas station parking lot, deputies said.
Shearer died of his injures before rescue arrived. The second victim was to have surgery Monday and was expected to recover.
Shearer, who graduated from Middleburg High School two months ago, was a member Broncos baseball team and had earned a scholarship at South Georgia State College.
Friends of Shearer have organized a vigil for him at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ronnie Van Zant Park, 2760 Sandridge Road in Lake Asbury.
Johnson, Schreffler and Coleman, who are each charged with felony murder and robbery, made their first court appearances Monday morning and were each denied bond. They will be arraigned Aug. 12.
Coleman and Schreffler, who are a couple, live in the house where the shooting occurred, deputies said.
Schreffler, who was visibly upset and wiped away tears during as she spoke to judges Monday morning, is on suicide watch, deputies said. She has no criminal history in Clay County.
Coleman's father, who asked to be identified only as Robert, said he does not believe his son pulled the trigger. He said he was sick and disgusted over Shearer's killing.
Robert said Coleman has had problems, but he has never been violent and that he "made a huge mistake, but did not pull the trigger."
Louise Byrd, who said she’s known McNabb for eight years, said it’s hard to believe he’s linked to a murder.
“I understand Kolton’s family is suffering, and like, I’m sorry for their loss, but can the suffering please stop?" Byrd said. "Just turn yourself in. That’s all I want [McNabb] to do.”
An alert to residents of the search area was sent out via phone message Sunday by Clay County Emergency Management. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office asked for everyone to be on the lookout for McNabb and to call 911 with any information about his location.