Inset: Ronald Davis (Broward County Sheriff”s Office). Background: Plantation Motel in Plantation, Florida (Google Maps).
A Florida man who apparently goes by the name “Sugar Daddy” is behind bars after he allegedly shot two people in a motel, killing one and seriously injuring the other, because he was angry about his car being towed.
Ronald James Davis, 51, stands accused of first-degree murder and attempted murder in a shooting that occurred around 4:30 a.m. Sunday at the Plantation Motel in Plantation, a South Florida city just west of Fort Lauderdale. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, cops found a man lying face down in a pool of blood and a woman inside a room. Both had suffered gunshot wounds.
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The woman allegedly identified Davis as the shooter before she lost consciousness due to blood loss and went into surgery.
Detectives spoke with four witnesses who apparently described the ordeal. They told cops Davis showed up to the hotel upset because he had just received a traffic ticket and his car was towed, the affidavit said. He approached the female victim and threatened to beat her up if she didn’t pay the money she owed him. Davis left but returned about an hour later and began pounding on the door to the motel room, according to the affidavit.
Davis walked into the room and allegedly started shooting. The male victim, who was standing by the bed, was hit by the gunfire. The suspect walked around the room shooting, cops wrote. As he was shooting, he allegedly said “All ya’ll gonna learn today.” He walked up to the woman victim and shot her before again shooting the man, police allege. Witnesses said they saw Davis leave the room with an “angry look on his face” before he hopped in a truck and drove away, per the affidavit.
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Cops located Davis and arrested him. According to detectives, he ignored most of their questions but did say “I’m going to do you a favor, check the text messages.” He declined to elaborate.
Davis is at the Broward County Jail without bond. His next court date is scheduled for Tuesday.
The victims have not been publicly identified.
