Thursday evening, former Gainesville Police Department (GPD) Lieutenant and retired chief investigator of the Public Defender’s Office, Alena Lawson Bennett, sent an email to the Gainesville City Commission calling for GPD Chief Nelson Moya to be placed on administrative leave for his handling of the TB McPherson shooting investigation.
On April 20, Easter Sunday, as a crowd of people were leaving an event at TB McPherson Park, an individual opened fire, taking the life of Ontaria Baisden and injuring two others.
City Manager Cynthia Curry, commissioners and Moya had a long discussion about the shooting at the following general policy meeting…