Xavier Carroll, a 34-year-old male from Cocoa, Florida, died after a front-yard shooting on June 3, 2026. Online sources did not provide a race or ethnicity for Carroll. His obituary says he was born on May 28, 1992, and died on June 3, 2026, just days after turning 34. Family and friends later gathered for visitation and a funeral service at Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation in Rockledge on June 13, 2026.
The shooting unfolded in the early evening in the Brophy Boulevard/Brophy Street
area of Cocoa. Deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office were called around 6:20 to 6:30 p.m. after a report that a man had been shot in the front yard of a residence. When deputies arrived, they found Carroll wounded. Emergency responders transported him to a nearby hospital, but he later died from his injuries.
Investigators said Carroll had been involved in a verbal altercation with Terrance Quintes Skinner Jr., a 22-year-old Cocoa man. According to the sheriff’s office account reported by local news outlets, the argument escalated until Skinner allegedly pulled out a firearm and shot Carroll multiple times. Authorities described the shooting as an isolated incident rather than part of a wider threat to the public.
Skinner was found at or near the scene after the shooting and was taken into custody without incident. He was booked into the Brevard County Jail and held without bond. Authorities charged him with first-degree premeditated murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Booking information listed the arrest date as June 4, 2026, shortly after the fatal shooting.
Reports identified Skinner as the only named suspect in the case. Jail and news reports indicated he remained in custody without bond, and one report said he was scheduled to appear in a Brevard County courtroom on June 30, 2026. No trial outcome or conviction was reported in the online sources available at the time of review, so the charges remained allegations unless and until proven in court.
