MICHAEL BRAUN

MBRAUN@NEWS-PRESS.COM

A Fort Myers man who was among those mourning the fatal shooting of Rodney Greenlee on Thursday morning was arrested for committing the crime.

Fort Myers police arrested Kendrick B. Moore, 39, on charges of second degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and using a firearm during a felony Thursday afternoon.

Greenlee, 37, was found after Fort Myers police received a call of shots fired at 8:40 a.m. Moore was seen at the scene on Cranford Avenue at Dr. Ella Piper Way walking around while police investigated.

Claudine Green, who was watching police work the crime scene, said Greenlee was related to Willie Moore Jr., who was found dead Friday behind the RaceTrac under construction on South Cleveland Avenue near Page Field.

Ebony Williams, a cousin of Greenlee's said said that Greenlee's mother-in-law lives on Piper Way, where police were talking with family members. Williams added Greenlee was not directly related to Willie Moore Jr. but his children were Willie Moore Jr.'s cousins by marriage.

Records show that Kendrick Moore and Willie Moore Jr., who was found dead Friday night behind the RaceTrac under construction on South Cleveland Avenue near Page Field, are related and Kendrick Moore's address is that same Piper Way home. Police said they were still working on a possible familial connection.

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Williams was told that he had been in an argument or fight with someone Wednesday near where he was shot.

"I don't know what's going on," she said. "My cousin never bothered anybody, he worked two jobs and he had two children. He was a good dude. I don't understand what's going on."

She said that a bicycle seen near the body, which remained on the grass near the intersection covered by a blue tarp while police surveyed the scene, was Greenlee's. "He rode a bike. That's his," she said. "It's sad."

Residents and others at the scene said they heard seven to eight shots before seeing the body.

Keshelle White lives a half block from the scene on Lime Street and Cranford and said she was taking her kids to the school bus at the corner when the shots rang out.

"We were walking out the door when we heard the first shot," she said. "I pulled my kids back in."

White said when the shots stopped she went back out and saw the body.

"I walked up to the body to see if I knew him," she said. White identified the man only as Rodney and went to his family's home on Piper Way to tell them.

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The homicide is the 14th in Fort Myers this year and follows the Sunday shooting death of 18-year-old Dunbar High senior Lawrence Lockley in Habitat Beecher Village on Suntrust Drive.

Theresa Ashley, who lives on Lime Street, not far from the crime scene, said she, too, heard the 7-8 shots.

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"I ducked down," she said. "After the shooting was over I got back up and didn't see anybody running or driving off."

Angela Pritchart, 58, said she had grown up in the same Cranford Avenue area as Greenlee and knew him as a "very good guy."

She said she used to see him riding his bike around the area.

"He never bothered anyone," she said. "He's always been quiet."

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fort Myers Police Department at (239) 321-7700, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS or text message C-R-I-M-E-S (274637) Keyword FMPD. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

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