2017 Forest Hill High grad dies in Riviera shooting
RIVIERA BEACH — A 19-year-old Forest Hill High School graduate was killed Sunday in a Riviera Beach shooting, city police confirmed Tuesday.
Timothy James Frederick, of West Palm Beach, was fatally shot at about 8 p.m. Sunday on the 1200 block of West 35th Street, west of Old Dixie Highway near the Lake Park border. His death marks the city’s fourth reported homicide since January and the 43rd in Palm Beach County.
Three others were injured in the gunfire. Taken to a hospital late Sunday were Dennis Brown, 56, Marcus Pettis, 20, and Damien Clark, 19, Riviera Beach police said Tuesday afternoon. All were treated and released.
Frederick, or “Teejay” as he was known, was with friends that night, said Deonxiya Martin, his girlfriend of nearly two years.
Police have not commented on whether Frederick was the intended target of the gunfire or what motivated the shooting.
Frederick moved to Flor- ida from California when he was 9 and spent time going between the two states, Martin said.
The affectionate teen cared deeply for his friends and fam- ily in both states, she added. Martin said she met the quiet, goofy teenager at Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach, where he grad- uated in 2017. They cele- brated her graduation this spring.
Frederick stayed out of trouble, Martin said. She doesn’t believe he was the intended target.
“He treated me like a queen,” Martin said. “He was my everything.”
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call Riviera Beach police at 561-845-4123 or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 800-458-TIPS (8477). Callers to Crime Stoppers can be anonymous.