JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sheriff T.K. Waters announced on Friday the arrest of two more people in connection with the shooting death of 7-year-old Breon Allen Jr.
Waters said Donte McGhee and Tavaris Kelly, both 17 years old, were arrested on Friday and charged with murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
McGhee’s and Kelly’s arrests marked a total of six people now charged in Allen’s murder.
“They are the actual gunmen who carried out this horrific and brutal shooting,” Waters said.
(Press play above to watch the announcement on the two new arrests)
Earlier this month, police announced the arrest of 18-year-old Keith Fields, 20-year-old Dannel Larkins, 21-year-old Keith Johnson, and 24-year-old Zharod Sykes, who are facing several charges in connection with the shooting that killed Allen Jr. and seriously injured his cousin, Lafayette Mango Jr., 21, in January.
“It’s very gratifying to be able to at least give mom, not necessarily any closure, because you don’t ever close up a moment like this, but to give mom something to rest on, knowing that she has her agency and her city standing behind her,” Waters said on Friday.
Waters said the shooting was “a targeted, planned act of bloodshed,” adding that it was gang-affiliated.
According to the arrest warrants for Fields, Larkins, Johnson and Sykes, the suspects were members or associates of 6 block and the shooting that took Allen’s life “was motivated with the purpose to benefit, promote, and/or further the interest of the criminal gang.”
Police said Mango is a rapper and documented associate of the criminal gang “ATK.” ATK is one of the rival gangs to 6 block, JSO said, and the ongoing feud between the two gangs led to the shooting death of Charles Jones, a popular Jacksonville rapper known as “Julio Foolio,” last year.
Jones was a prominent member of 6 block and all five of the people accused in Jones’ ambush murder in Tampa have connections to either ATK or 1200, another rival gang, according to JSO. The feud between 6 block and its rival gangs ATK and 1200 has spanned over a decade, with dozens of murders by and against both sides, JSO has said.
Following the death of Jones in June 2024, investigators said Mango released a song titled “6 Ways To Die” featuring another rapper who is also affiliated with ATK.
In the song, investigators said Mango “disses” multiple 6 block members who have died, including Foolio, Lawrence Davis, 21, and Adrian McKinzie, 16, who were murdered in 2018 and 2023, respectively. There is also a reference to Julian House, who was murdered in 2023 after he reportedly left a recording studio.
Investigators said cell phone location data placed the men accused in Allen’s death at the scene of the shooting as well as near the scene where a black Kia, believed to be used as the getaway car, was later found. Investigators searched the black Kia where they found a match to the spent rifle casings found at the scene.
Allen Jr.’s parents, Casheena Love and Breon Allen Sr., said they were surprised to learn there were six arrests made in connection with their son’s murder, and they were even more surprised to learn their ages.
“They all kids, haven’t even experienced life yet. That’s what’s crazy. Who could even talk to them to want to do something like that? There is so much more to do than hanging and shooting and hurting,” Love said.
Watch Allen Jr.’s parents’ full reaction after learning of the two new arrests in the video below
Waters said that with the two new arrests, all the people believed to be involved in the shooting are now behind bars.
“Our agency will continue to work with our partners at the State Attorney’s Office to ensure that the six arrests will be held accountable and receive the punishment that they rightfully deserve,” Waters said.