Two charged after fatal shooting at Treehouse Village in Gainesville

Two Gainesville teens have been charged in the fatal shooting of another man during a gun-sale meeting Sept. 10 at a southeast Gainesville apartment complex, according to a GPD arrest report.

Christian Eugene Howard, 19, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Joshua Patrick Douglass, along with attempted armed robbery with a firearm and two counts of possession of a firearm by a delinquent under 24 years old.

According to the report, GPD officers responded to reports of a person being shot at Treehouse Village Apartments, 125 SE 16th Ave. Officers arrived and located a victim near Building H, later identified as Douglass, dead from multiple gunshot wounds…

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