BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward County deputies announced an arrest Friday in the fatal November shooting of a 23-year-old Fort Lauderdale preschool teacher on Interstate 95.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies took 21-year-old Jahkobi Williams, of Pembroke Pines, into custody Thursday night saying that it took extensive police work to lead them to Williams.
He’s charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Ana Estevez, who taught at the Nurtury Montessori School in Fort Lauderdale.
According to BSO, it was around 9 p.m. on Nov. 27, when Williams, driving a BMW 840i between the Sunrise Boulevard exit and the Broward Boulevard exits, sideswiped a Nissan Sentra.
That vehicle was occupied by Estevez and her boyfriend Michael, who were returning home from a Thanksgiving trip in North Carolina.
Williams then opened fire on the Nissan, authorities said, shooting both Estevez and her boyfriend. Estevez succumbed to her injuries while being treated at Broward Health Medical Center.
Deputies said they were able to arrest Williams at his home in Pembroke Pines after “reviewing evidence and witness statements.”
Deputies also believe Williams was involved in a shooting on I-95 near Atlantic Boulevard and Sample Road where bullets hit another car where a child was shot but survived.
Estevez’s cousin spoke to Local 10 News’ Christian De La Rosa after the suspect was caught.
“It’s good to know that he’s not going to be the cause of other families’ suffering the way that we are suffering,”she said. “But at the same time, the unfortunate truth is that no matter what happens nothing is going to bring our beloved Ani back.”
Williams also faces charges of first degree murder and first degree attempted murder.
He appeared in court on Friday where a judge issued that he be held without bond.