19-Year-Old Previously Arrested 37 Times is Linked to a Clearwater Drive-By Shooting

A 19-year-old who had previously been arrested 37 times has now been arrested for murder in a drive-by shooting in Clearwater earlier this month, police say.

Clearwater Police homicide detectives have arrested Derriontae Ward in connection with the shooting from March 8 that left one person dead and three
others injured.

He faces one charge of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder in the incident, which occurred at the corner of Drew Street and U.S. 19.

Detectives were able to identify Ward, who has been arrested 37 times, as a suspect in the case. Authorities say at the time of the shooting, he was out on bond from multiple previous criminal cases, including aggravated assault with a firearm, grand theft auto, burglary, and leaving the scene of a crash with injury.

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