Suspect in Video Game and Alcohol Murder Surrenders

Man accused in Lauderdale shooting turns self in to police

A man wanted by Fort Lauderdale police for shooting another man over a dispute involving video games and alcohol has turned himself in, police said.

Quentin Pierce, 24, was charged with last Thursday's murder of 29-year-old Edison Austin after he turned himself in to authorities Wednesday night, police said.

Pierce had been a suspect in the shooting that happened just after midnight Sept. 16 on 7th St. and Northwest 13th Terrace.

Witnesses said a group of people were hanging out when Austin approached a woman for money over video games he gave her. When she didn’t pay up, witnesses say he grabbed a bottle of alcohol from her. That’s when the woman allegedly called over a group of friends, resulting in punches, followed by a gunshot.
 

Austin’s mother said he died later at Broward General Hospital.

“I wish whoever did it come forward and take responsibility for what he did because he’s going to be caught,” the victim’s mother, Diane Griffin, said the day after the attack.

In addition to the murder charge, Pierce will face two counts of dealing in stolen property

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