Cape Coral man accused of loitering, linked to Instagram post on XXXTentacion murder

Stacey Henson | Naples

Cape Coral police arrested a man who frightened residents of a gated community, telling them he was looking for a person who killed his "friend."

That friend was XXXTentacion, 20, who was shot and killed in Miami on Monday in what police called an apparent robbery attempt. A Plantation native whose real name is Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, he had a top 10 hit with "Sad!" and counted millions of fans.

The man who was arrested, Jesse Gonzalez, 20, is from Cape Coral.

On Tuesday, Cape police had issued a statement that it had received numerous tips and calls in reference to the XXXTentacion murder investigation on Florida’s east coast and a false report on Instagram that the killer lived in Cape Coral.

"There has been misleading information that the suspect lived at a specific address within the city limits of Cape Coral," the statement said. "The residence was checked by officers who made contact with the homeowners and determined that the suspect does not and has not lived there."

Police confirmed Gonzalez' arrest is related to the circumstances surrounding the news release, but they note that he was arrested for "loitering and prowling."

While the report for Gonzalez' arrest for loitering was redacted, it included the reference that: There were multiple comments from fans and friends of the rapper stating they were coming to the address.

About 9 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a caller who said a man was pacing the street, asking people if he could use their cell phones and then told them "he was looking for someone who killed his friend."

He then left the area, leaving his car on Fairmont Cove Court, in a subdivision between Veterans Memorial Parkway and Surfside Boulevard, the report indicated.

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The initial oddity

A day earlier, about 11 p.m. Monday, officers were called to Brightside Court in the same gated community.

A man carrying a pizza arrived at the caller's residence saying he had a delivery. After the people there told him they did not order pizza, he waited in their driveway for multiple minutes before leaving.

The person who called police soon received a phone call from an unknown caller saying their name, phone numbers, and address were posted on lnstagram and there was a murderer at their home.

Police increased their presence in the neighborhood. The only people who live in the home are a couple in their 70s, the report stated.

The second day

On Tuesday, a woman called police to Fairmont Cove Court, the report said. She heard someone ringing her door bell and knocking. When she answered, the man said he had run out of gas and needed to use her cell phone to call his mother.

Then said he "was looking for someone who killed his friends." She told him she was calling the police. He went to his vehicle and removed something, then ran from the home leaving his vehicle, the report indicated. Officers said the vehicle was registered to Gonzalez.

Nearly two hours later, the report indicates, the male returned to the location in a different outfit holding a gas can. His driver's license identified him as Gonzalez.

While Gonzalez talked to a resident he had recognized, the officer "observed Gonzalez using his cell phone, apparently on social media."

"Due to Gonzalez being in a gated community where be did not have any reason to be, asking to use a phone when he was in possession of an apparently functional cell phone, putting residents in fear for their safety, being unable to dispel officer's fears that a crime was committed, was in the process of being committed, or was about to be committed, Gonzalez was placed into custody," the report said.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is handling the XXXTentacion murder investigation. Those with information should contact the Broward County Sheriff’s Office at 954-321-4210, @crimestoppers2 or anonymously at 954-493-TIPS.