John Richard Haliburton III, 25, of Palm Beach Gardens, was killed on March 16, 2026, after a confrontation at the Azure Estates apartment complex in Riviera Beach that turned into a burst of gunfire around 6:15 p.m. Police say the man accused, 20-year-old Tramonte Terrell Gibson of West Palm Beach, went to the complex to visit his girlfriend, asked Haliburton to bring a bag containing a gun, then took the weapon and opened fire. Surveillance footage is described as showing Gibson suddenly raise the gun and shoot another man in the head; Haliburton then tried to disarm him and was shot multiple times. Haliburton was later found between two buildings and pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say Gibson fled and during the escape attempted to carjack two vehicles on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, shooting additional victims. In total five men were shot; two were left in critical condition and two others were expected to survive. Gibson was identified as the sole suspect, stopped on Interstate 95 in St.

Haliburton’s mother publicly identified him and said he had recently become the father of a one-month-old daughter and described him as a smart young man with a future ahead. Does anyone have information about the events at Azure Estates that evening or knew John Haliburton III?