{"id":147257,"date":"2026-07-07T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/?p=147257"},"modified":"2026-07-07T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:07:08","slug":"devian-blount-jaydon-williams-florida-airbnb-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/north-carolina-news\/devian-blount-jaydon-williams-florida-airbnb-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Man Devian Blount Allegedly Shot His Friend Jaydon Williams Dead in Florida Airbnb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devian Blount Charged With First-Degree Murder After Shooting Friend Jaydon Williams in Hollywood Airbnb<\/h2>\n

According to Hollywood Police<\/strong> and the arrest affidavit, the shooting happened just after midnight on July 4, 2026<\/strong>, at a short-term rental on Funston Street<\/strong> in Hollywood, Florida<\/strong>. Williams, also 21, was on FaceTime with his girlfriend back in North Carolina<\/strong><\/a> when the argument turned deadly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Yacht Party Beef That Reportedly Started It All<\/h3>\n

The two friends who drove from North Carolina to Florida were part of a big group that rented the Airbnb for a wild Fourth of July getaway to South Florida, per<\/a> Local 10.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier that night, the crew hit a yacht party off Miami<\/strong>. That\u2019s where things reportedly went left.<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 girlfriend \u2014 still on the phone with him later \u2014 told police she heard Blount accuse her boyfriend of stealing something while they were partying on the boat. Williams allegedly brushed it off, saying, \u201cYo, chill, you\u2019re drunk.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hours later, while the rest of the group headed to LIV Nightclub<\/strong> in Miami Beach, Blount and Williams stayed behind at the Airbnb. Witnesses said Blount had been \u201cacting strangely\u201d the whole trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just after 12:52 a.m., shots rang out inside the rental home.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Miami Herald<\/a>, police say Williams was lying face down on a bed when officers arrived after his girlfriend\u2019s FaceTime call suddenly ended. He had been shot multiple times \u2014 in the left upper arm, elbow, and left side of the chest.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was still alive when cops got there and told them he didn\u2019t know who shot him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hollywood Fire Rescue rushed him to Memorial Regional Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 2:10 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the shooting, Blount reportedly left the Airbnb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 5:30 a.m., a bicyclist found a Glock 10mm on the sidewalk near South Federal Highway and Fletcher Street \u2014 the same type of gun a friend said Blount was known to carry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just after 7 a.m., Blount walked back up to the crime scene shirtless and shoeless, wearing only tan shorts. He approached officers and \u2014 without being asked \u2014 said his name was \u201cSuave.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He then asked, \u201cWhere everybody at?\u201d<\/strong> and added, \u201cWe weren\u2019t supposed to leave until tomorrow.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Detectives immediately took him into custody.<\/span><\/p>\n

Devian Blount Mugshot<\/h2>\n
\"Devian<\/a>
Devian Blount was arrested and charged with first-degree murder with a firearm after the July 4, 2026 shooting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blount has been charged with first-degree murder with a firearm. Prosecutors say the shooting was premeditated.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s currently being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hollywood Police homicide detectives are still working the case and want to hear from anyone who knows more about what happened on that yacht or inside the Airbnb.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shirtless and calling himself \u201cSuave,\u201d 21-year-old Devian Blount from Graham, NC allegedly returned to the bloody crime scene hours after gunning down his friend Jaydon Williams inside their Florida Airbnb during a Fourth of July trip gone horribly wrong. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9357,9358,906,6829,9359,9360],"class_list":["post-147257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-news","tag-airbnb-murder","tag-devian-blount","tag-first-degree-murder","tag-graham-nc-murder","tag-hollywood-florida-shooting","tag-jaydon-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}