Three Ocala men arrested on murder charges related to Easter shooting at TB McPherson Center
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gainesville Police Department has announced the arrests of three Ocala men in connection with the Easter (April 20, 2025) shooting at TB McPherson Center that claimed the life of 20-year-old Ontaria Baisden. The suspects are currently being held at the Marion County Jail.
Kaniel Jeremy Paul Edwards, 21, has been charged with first-degree premeditated homicide, attempted first-degree homicide, and unlawfully concealing a firearm. Edwards was arrested in 2022 for battery on medical personnel and entered into a pre-trial intervention contract. After he violated the terms of that contract, he was adjudicated guilty of the offense and sentenced to 12 months of probation. After violating probation, he was sentenced on March 24, 2025, to 49 days in jail with credit for 49 days served.
Gabriel Nehemiah Frazier, 20, has been charged with second-degree homicide, attempted first-degree homicide, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In 2019, when he was 15, he was charged as an adult with strongarm robbery; in 2022, he was sentenced to three years in state prison for strongarm robbery, attempted strongarm robbery, possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent, and unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm and was released in September 2023. In 2024, he was arrested for resisting an officer without violence and sentenced to three months of probation, which he successfully completed. A few weeks after completing probation, he was arrested on drug trafficking charges, but the charges were later dropped. On August 11, 2025, he was arrested in Marion County for two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and was released on $10,500 bail.
Jarrett Kendall Jones, Jr., 19, has been charged with second-degree felony murder, attempted first-degree homicide, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. When he was 17, he was charged as an adult with resisting an officer without violence and possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent; he was sentenced as a youthful offender to 95 days in jail with credit for 95 days served and three years of probation. In May 2025, he was re-arrested for violating probation after he was arrested in February in Georgia for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and failed to appear at an April hearing in that case. On July 8, 2025, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to 200 days in jail with credit for 129 days served.
All of the probable cause documents for the Alachua County cases are currently sealed.
Life sentences all
Career criminals a a very young age. And now murderers.
Maybe if they had gotten actual, serious jail time instead of a slap on the wrist for the previous crimes, they wouldn’t gone on to commit murder. The justice system in Alachua County coddles criminals at the expense of law abiding citizens.
Figures Marion County animals come to Gainesville. All this idiots were given light sentencing and releases to become what murdering animals. All should have been poster images for why you have protected sex to thin the herd.
If found guilty and there’s true justice, they’ll really be “disappeared” from society.
Given their prior records, best disappear them from life.
Anyone know if Old Sparky still works? Good time to find out since they may have 3 chances.
4 lives destroyed. I’m sure the victim and the perpetrators all have people who care about them… Senseless tragedy and crime against society, and the young woman who died. And for what??? Boys, (and girls!) need dads raising them… Cities need police officers who are respected and not stretched to serve beyond reasonable limits because no one wants to be a cop anymore… “Black Lives Matter?????” Really??? THIS IS WHAT THAT MOVEMENT CREATED. Black-on-black crime is through the roof, thank you to the DEMONCRATS and the Mainstream/Legacy/Network media, and to the Mayor of the City of Minneapolis, The Governor of Minnesota, Joe biden, Nancy Pelosi, and anyone I missed who turned George Floyd into a saint and demonized the police, starting in late May of 2020.
You left out George Soros dummy.
The police that day in Minneapolis demonized the police and even GOP blacks like Sen Tim Scott of SC attested to their fear of police based on their personal experiences.
A life of crime as an option follows poverty and always has. See the mafia and Italian and Jewish immigrants, Irish gangs in 19th century NY, etc.
It was the local “justice system” who committed that crime, not just the perps. Read how they were groomed by the system ruled by ACLUSPLCDNC Party 👺💩👹👿🤡
❤️❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU to all law enforcement agencies and detectives who have been working on this case! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
After all the blaming of east side parents and families for this incident by the regulars here, it turns out these guys are from Ocala and Georgia.
Want some salt with your crow?