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Billy Morris Jr. Homicide (Manatee CSO) — FL (1997) · Latent
#1721Tier-2 extracted
Billy Jr Morris
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Sep 5, 1997
Recovery location
FL
Coordinates
27.4789, -82.5587
Days open
10,502
Victim
Extracted
Billy Jr Morris
Gender
M
Case narrative
Source text · highlighted
Friday, September 5th 1997 97-33699 Billy Morris Jr. Location: 519 23rd Ave. E. Bradenton, Fl Suspect/ Nemesio Martinez Synopsis: The victim, Billy Morris, was attending a going away party for himself and his friend, Larry Bourst. Morris became involved in a verbal altercation with Martinez earlier in the evening. Martinez pulled a gun on Morris during the initial altercation, and then Martinez fled the area. Martinez returned a short time later. When Morris saw Martinez return to the area, Morris, along with 2 of his friends, chased after Martinez’s vehicle and threw beer bottles at the vehicle. Martinez stopped the vehicle, approached Morris, and shot Morris in the head. Morris died at the scene. Arrest warrants are currently on file for Nemesio Martinez, for the murder of Billy Morris. There is also a valid Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP) warrant on file for Martinez, through the FBI.