FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Jahreme “J-Man” Shelton, a Jamaican national expected to testify as a key prosecution witness in the triple-murder case against music producer Linval “Shab Don” Thompson, is set to stand trial in Florida on charges arising from a fatal double shooting.
Court records show Shelton’s jury trial is scheduled to begin on November 9 before Broward County Circuit Judge Bernard I. Bober in Fort Lauderdale. Shelton has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody at the Broward Main Jail without bond.
Shelton is one of two overseas witnesses whom Jamaica’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sought permission to have testify via video link in the ongoing triple-murder case involving Thompson and co-accused Tajay “Fat Head” Clarke.
The Jamaican case relates to the May 25, 2022, mass shooting at a birthday party on Marl Road in Rose Heights, St James, where Chamario “Chippy” Calvin, Chadwell “Bomb Brain” Frazer, and Toniann “Too Fly” Reid were killed and two others injured.
Shelton was among the survivors of that attack, making him a key eyewitness. He later left Jamaica for the United States, where he was seen publicly with dancehall artiste Squash (Andre Whittaker), who is currently incarcerated in the US on an unrelated matter.
Just months after the St James shooting, Shelton was arrested in Florida in connection with a double murder that investigators believe was linked to the same gang feud that had fuelled violence in western Jamaica.
The Florida case stems from an October 19, 2022, shooting outside the Blueberry Hill Condominiums in Lauderhill, where Dwayne “Muscle Man” Francis and Jeff “FordLawd” Murray were shot and killed.
According to investigators, surveillance footage allegedly shows Shelton arriving at the scene with several men before gunfire erupted. Police further allege that after being wounded during the exchange, Shelton later returned and fired at one of the injured victims as he lay on the ground.
Authorities say forensic evidence, surveillance footage, witness statements, and hospital records form the basis of the case against him.
Although Shelton was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm, Broward jail records now describe the charges as “murder dangerous depraved without premeditation,” while some court documents continue to reference the original first-degree murder charges.
The Florida prosecution has experienced several delays due to attorney changes, status conferences, and procedural matters before being scheduled for trial.
Shelton’s upcoming trial is expected to be closely watched in both Jamaica and the United States, as he remains both a murder accused in Florida and a key prosecution witness in one of Jamaica’s highest-profile criminal cases involving Shab Don.
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