By Palm Beach and Broward Mugshots
LAKE WORTH, Fla. — A Palm Beach County man has been charged with first-degree murder in the October 25, 2025, drive-by shooting that caused Terry Bowers to lose his life and injured La’Niya Goff, authorities said. Lamar Jackson IV, 33, was arrested November 6, 2025, and charged with first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and felon in possession of a firearm, according to a probable-cause affidavit filed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Jackson’s brother, James Randell, was arrested earlier in connection with the same crimes.
Drive-by shooting on Tropical Drive
Deputies responded to a shooting just after 7 p.m. on October 25, 2025, in the area of Tropical Drive in Lake Worth. Witnesses described hearing gunshots and seeing a gray Ford F-150 pickup truck slow down in front of a residence where a group of friends, including Bowers and Goff, were gathered. Surveillance video captured the truck approaching, multiple gunshots erupting from the driver’s-side front and rear compartments, and the vehicle speeding away northbound. Bowers was struck by eight bullets and lost his life at the scene. Goff was also hit but survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
Linked to earlier Riviera Beach shooting
While processing the Lake Worth scene, detectives learned that Riviera Beach police were investigating a separate shooting that occurred about two hours earlier. Victims there described a black male in a dark hoodie firing from the rear passenger seat of a gray Ford F-150. Real-time crime center cameras and license-plate readers identified the same vehicle, bearing Florida tag DS72WH, in the vicinity of both shootings. Forensic analysis later matched expended shell casings from both crime scenes. Thirteen casings from the Lake Worth homicide and one from Riviera Beach were fired from the same Gen-5 Glock pistol.
Vehicle tracked, truck and gun recovered
License-plate readers, real-time crime cameras, and neighborhood surveillance footage allowed investigators to follow the F-150’s movements before and after the Lake Worth shooting. The truck was later found unoccupied in a parking lot in Broward County. On October 27, 2025, a tactical team located the same F-150 backed into a space at the Best Western Hotel.
As officers approached, Randell exited a nearby hotel room and the truck’s proximity lights activated, indicating he had the key fob. He was detained. A protective sweep of the room uncovered a Gen-5 Glock with an extended magazine hidden between a mattress and box spring. A court-approved search warrant later recovered the gun, the truck key fob (hidden in a box of condoms), and two cell phones from Randell’s pocket. Forensic testing confirmed the recovered Glock fired the matching casings from both the Lake Worth homicide and the Riviera Beach shooting.
Phone records and video place Jackson at the scene
Analysis of the two phones seized from Randell, along with a third phone number associated with Jackson, showed all three devices were in the exact areas of both shootings at the precise times they occurred. Cell-site data, corroborated by license-plate readers and surveillance video, placed the devices at the Riviera Beach scene, then traveling to the Lake Worth murder location, and afterward heading toward Fort Lauderdale — where the F-150 was ultimately recovered.
A video recorded on one of the phones at 9:48 a.m. on October 25 showed Jackson driving a vehicle with an interior matching the recovered F-150; Randell was in the passenger seat. A photo taken later that morning showed Randell in the back seat of the same truck holding a rifle and a handgun consistent with a Glock. Text messages and call records further showed the brothers shared one of the phones in the days leading up to and immediately after the murder.
Gang feud and recent prison releases
Investigators noted that both Jackson and Randell are documented members of the “Fire House Clique” (also known as “Fie House”), a gang based in Riviera Beach. The group has an ongoing feud with the “Monroe Heights Posse.” Multiple law-enforcement and community sources told detectives that Jackson and Randell were responsible for the shooting, though the case was built entirely on physical and digital evidence. Both men had been released from prison just weeks before the shooting — Randell on September 25 and Jackson on October 1 — following a prior racketeering investigation involving violent crimes tied to the same gang feud.
Cooperating witness account
A cooperating witness identified as Jackson’s girlfriend told detectives he had been staying with her around the time of the murder but left the residence on October 25. Ring camera footage from her home captured Jackson arriving at her door at 12:17 a.m. on October 26 — consistent with cell-phone location data showing one of his devices traveling from the Fort Lauderdale area back toward her residence.
Charges and next steps
Jackson faces the same charges as his brother: first-degree murder in the death of Terry Bowers, attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of La’Niya Goff, and felon in possession of a firearm. Both men are prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions. The affidavit concludes that two Gen-5 Glocks were used in the Lake Worth shooting — one fired from the front seat and one from the back — and that both brothers were present and complicit.
As of the latest court filings, both Randell and Jackson remain in custody.
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