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The humid air of Clearwater, Florida, hung thick over a Bank of America parking lot on a Tuesday evening that would quickly escalate from a routine business transaction to a scene of chaotic violence. Louise Ornduff and her son, Kalaeb, arrived expecting to meet two potential buyers for a Nissan Rogue. In today’s digital age, such meetups are common—often arranged through social media marketplaces where strangers negotiate prices online before meeting in public, well-lit spaces to finalize the deal. Louise had specifically chosen the bank parking lot for its perceived safety, but the two individuals waiting for them had no intention of buying the vehicle.
The “buyers” were eighteen-year-old Lasupta Singletary and seventeen-year-old Jernalen Dreshaw Coleman. Despite their youth, both had criminal histories, suggesting a comfort with breaking the law. As the Ornduffs began discussing the Nissan, the pretense of a civil transaction vanished instantly.
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