Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kendrick Latrell Casmere, 20, and Triavez Jhakir Isaiah Hankerson, 20, were arrested late last night on various gun charges during an investigation of shots fired on campus, near the intersection of Hull Road and SW 34th Street.

Officers from the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) and the University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) responded to the area, and the UFPD investigation determined that a white Chevrolet Corvette was related to the incident. Hankerson was reportedly a passenger in the Corvette and was ordered to get out of the car. A search of the Corvette reportedly produced a loaded Taurus G2C 9mm handgun with an extended magazine.

Post Miranda, Hankerson reportedly admitted to possessing the firearm, which was concealed under a seat, and he admitted that he is under 21. Hankerson was charged with illegally concealing a firearm.

A GPD officer determined that shots were fired from a parking lot in the 3800 block of Hull Road, west of 34th Street. While canvassing the parking lot, officers approached a group of people “who were making furtive movements” and saw that Casmere was sitting in the driver’s seat of a car and holding a gun on his lap. When the officers walked up to that car, the gun was no longer visible, so one officer drew his firearm and ordered Casmere out of the vehicle. The officer reported that Casmere hesitated but eventually got out of the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle reportedly produced three firearms – two Canik 9mm pistols and a Springfield .40 cal pistol.

Post Miranda, Casmere reportedly admitted that all three of the guns were his.

Casmere has been charged with grand theft of a firearm, although the arrest report provides no information about which gun was stolen; possession of a firearm by a delinquent under 24 years of age (a person who has been convicted as a juvenile of a crime that would be a felony for an adult); possession of a firearm on school property; and resisting an officer without violence.

Casmere has no local adult criminal history, but the charge of possession of a firearm by a delinquent indicates that he has at least one juvenile felony conviction.

Hankerson has no local adult criminal history.

Both defendants have been released from the jail; bail amounts are unavailable because of the holiday. Judge Lorelie Brannan is the First Appearance judge today.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.