Drugs, guns, and drive-by shooting: Criminal records surface for Jacksonville teenagers charged in triple murder

Jacksonville, Fla. — Action News Jax is getting a look at the criminal history of four Jacksonville teenagers facing second-degree murder charges following a triple shooting at a Northside apartment complex Monday that left three people dead.

On Feb. 8, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office gang unit were conducting a traffic stop when they heard gunshots coming from the Calloway Cove apartment complex and witnessed a dark colored vehicle driving erratically from the scene, according to JSO.

Officers followed, and were quickly led on a nearly three mile high-speed chase, ending only after initiating a successful PIT maneuver. While being taken into custody, police say the teenagers shouted, ”We didn’t shoot those people.”

On Wednesday, JSO Director of Investigations Mike Bruno released the names of all four teens in a live press conference.

• Kyshawn Glover, 17 – Murder, Criminal Conspiracy
• Owen Laureano Cosme, 17 – Murder
• Keon Lester, 18 – Murder, Criminal Conspiracy
• Alana Sears, 14 – Murder, Criminal Conspiracy, Fleeing a LEO, Accessory

“This is not a random act of violence. It’s shocking and appalling when you see that you’ve got kids -- 14, 17, 18 years old -- out there committing crimes like this in our city,” Bruno said in a statement.

The victims were Sara Cancel Urriola, a 30-year-old mother, as well as a 30-year-old man and a 27-year-old man. The relationship between the suspects and the victims is not yet known, but police believe there is a connection between them.

Action News Jax has obtained prior criminal history of all four suspects and found that despite their young ages, Monday’s shooting is not where the teens’ criminal history begins.

In Feb. 2018, Kyshawn Glover, then 14, was arrested and charged with felony domestic battery after allegedly beating and threatening to kill his 12-year-old sister, according to a report.

At the time, Glover was reportedly in the custody of his grandmother and a student at Joseph Stilwell Military Academy, a public magnet middle school.

Over a year later, on June 19, 2019, Glover, who was 16 at the time, was arrested again; this time, according to JSO, for participating in a planned drive-by shooting.

Officers reported responding to W 7th St. and St. Clair St. after receiving reports of gunfire when they spotted a gray Impala with no lights leaving the area with multiple young males inside. Following a brief police chase, the four suspects attempted to run from officers but were quickly detained.

Officers soon discovered that one of the suspects had a “beef” with another male and planned to travel to his home with the intention of shooting the victim or the victim’s home. The other suspects, including Glover, told investigators they also knew the shooting was going to occur.

For his involvement, Glover was charged with shoot/throw deadly missiles into dwelling and resisting officer without violence.

On June 14, 2019, Owen Cosme, was charged with cocaine possession, carrying a concealed firearm, and drug possession with intent to use after his vehicle was searched during a traffic stop on Merrill Road. He was just 16 at the time.

In Jan. 2020, police were dispatched to a Circle K on Normandy Blvd. where two juveniles were allegedly causing a scene. One of the juveniles, Alana Sears, who was 13 at the time, was arrested for posses/receive/retain stolen credit cards.

Urriola’s family is speaking out.

“We have lost a loving, caring, wife, mother, daughter, niece, cousin, sister, aunt, best-friend and friend today. Sara loved her friends and family very much and the friends that knew her know she was all about the well-being of her family. She loved to dance, dress up, and enjoyed all family events,” the family said in a statement to Action News Jax.

Urriola started a career in criminal justice and earned her Bachelor’s degree at UNF. She was working towards her Master’s at FSU.

Ben Frazier, who founded the Northside Coalition four years ago to fight the violence said “Where are all these guns coming from and why are so many ending up in underserved and marginalized communities? More police officers are not the answer, more technology is not the answer — we must begin to address the root problem.”

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