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Young Mother Killed, Man Charged In Double Shooting
A Star Is Born With
1 Million YouTube Hits
JOHNNY GASTON ALICEA
... Charged with murder
A 20-year-0ld Palm Har- bor woman died and a man is in critical condition in an apparent murder, attempted suicide. According to the Temple Terrace Police De- partment, the shooting took place shortly after 1:30 p.m., in the parking lot of Terrace Sports, 5311 E. Busch Blvd. The facility is a bowling alley with a game arcade.
When police arrived in re- sponse to the 9-1-1 call, they discovered that a man and a woman had both been shot.
The woman, identified as
Ms. Jillian Rae Boone,
had suffered several gunshot wounds and was pro- nounced dead at the scene. Police also discovered Johnny Gaston Alicea, 45, of Tampa.
Alicea was treated at the scene by paramedics and transported to Tampa Gen- eral Hospital. He was admit- ted in “critical, but stable”
JILLIAN
RAE BOONE 9/30/1994 —- 8/20/2015
condition.
During the investigation,
police learned that Ms. Boone and Alicea had been observed on the north side of Busch Blvd., engaged in a conversation. They crossed the street and went into the parking lot.
At some point, Alicea is alleged to have pulled a handgun and shot Ms. Boone several times in the upper body. He then shot himself once, police said.
Alicea has been arrested and charged with second- degree murder with a firearm.
The investigation is con- tinuing and police have not released information per- taining to a motive for the shooting or the relationship between Ms. Boone and Alicea.
Ms. Boone was the mother of a 3-year-old daughter, police said.
BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer
For those of you who’ve never heard of Bishop Bullwinkle, first understand that he’s been involved in the entertainment industry for more than 50 years.
Constantly seeking out new ideas and instilling his own cre- ative juices, Bishop Bullwin- kle recently recorded a song that has gone viral on both Facebook and YouTube.
“Hell To The Nah Nah”
was intended to be a statement song of events in Bishop Bull- winkle’s life that were ridicu- lous, painful, hilarious, and informative.
Born Bernard Thomas, no one reflects more of what life was about during their era more than Bishop Bullwinkle.
“When I recorded this tune, it was just street talk. I did an- other song in honor of the late Trayvon Martin, and from that tune, I came up with “Hell To The Nah Nah.”
“I got the beat for the song from my brother, who is a re- tired teacher. He gave me a blues CD and I loved the beat. I
BISHOP BULLWINKLE
look at situations going on, and that’s what I wrote and recorded.”
Bishop Bullwinkle has be- come so popular, he’s now tour- ing, and will be doing a show in November with the legendary Betty Wright.
“Hell To The Nah Nah” has recorded 7 million hits on Facebook, and over a million on YouTube.
“I’m 68 years old, and I hope there’s still plenty ahead for me. I’m a man of strong beliefs and I stand firm on my worship and
dedication to God.
“I also take great pleasure in
being politically right and wrong at the same time, but no one can deny most of what I sing about is the truth.”
Bishop Bullwinkle has gotten good and bad responses on his tune, and he says he calls himself Bishop to get the re- spect and he feels people will listen to him and know he means business.
“It’s always important to put people around you who know more than you know. I’ve been fortunate enough to have shared the staged with some big names in the entertainment in- dustry, and I’m also creating a dance to go with the song.
“I owe a lot of thanks to Dar- ryl Underwood for helping me get my product out there, and just working with me throughout the entire process. His expertise has been invalu- able.”
Bishop Bullwinkle wants everyone to stay tuned, but he says he’s just getting started, and there will be plenty of tunes coming from the study bearing his special kind of art.
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