The Gainesville Sun reported Trevez McRae was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after a West University Avenue shooting.

First-degree murder, as the Sun prints it, is the charge. First-degree homicide is the word the Chronicle and the Gainesville Police Department release use. A weapon and a firearm are not the same word. About 4 a.m. and 3:59 a.m. are not the same time. Neither account names the two people who died.

The Gainesville Sun reported Nov. 1, 2026, that a 29-year-old Gainesville man, Trevez Ravell McRae, was arrested early that morning and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people near West University Avenue. The Sun reported he also faces possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and resisting an officer without violence. The Alachua Chronicle, in a staff report dated November 1, 2026, reported the charges as two counts of first-degree homicide, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and resisting an officer without violence. A separate Chronicle post, presented as a release from the Gainesville Police Department and updated at 3:45 p.m. with the arrest, uses those same three names: first-degree homicide, a firearm, and resisting an officer without violence. First-degree murder and first-degree homicide are not the same words. A weapon and a firearm are not the same word. Resisting an officer without violence is the count both accounts share.

The Sun, citing a Gainesville Police Department arrest report, reported officers were in the area of 1100 W. University Ave. when they heard gunshots at about 4 a.m. It reported they saw someone, later identified as McRae, running from the parking lot of the Chevron at 1024 W. University Ave., that he ignored commands to stop, and that an officer saw him drop a gun near the corner of University Avenue and Southwest 10th Street before he surrendered. The Chronicle reported the time as about 3:59 a.m. on November 1, that officers saw him running northwest in that Chevron lot, that he turned and ran east on West University Avenue and then south on SW 10th Street, and that an officer saw him drop a handgun as he reached the southwest corner of West University Avenue and SW 10th Street. About 4 a.m. and 3:59 a.m. are not the same time. A gun and a handgun are not the same word. Near the corner, and the southwest corner, are not the same place. The department release, as the Chronicle posted it, says the shooting was around 4 a.m. in the area of 1100 W. University Avenue. It does not print the Chevron.

The Sun reported officers found two shooting victims, one near the corner of West University Avenue and Northwest 10th Street and the other outside 1010 W. University Ave. It reported both had at least one gunshot wound and were taken to UF Health Shands Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The Chronicle reported the first victim was on the ground at the southwest corner of West University Avenue and NW 10th Street, unresponsive, and was pronounced deceased at the hospital, and that the second victim was found unresponsive outside 1010 West University Avenue and was also pronounced deceased at the hospital. The Chronicle does not name UF Health Shands. Near the corner, and on the ground at the southwest corner, are not the same sentence. Neither the Sun, nor the Chronicle staff report, nor the department release names either person. The Sun reported surveillance video shows two large groups arguing on the sidewalk near the Chevron, that the argument escalated into pushing and hitting, and that the video shows McRae being hit on the right side of his head. It reported he and one of the victims then backed away, that he pulled a gun from his waistband and fired two shots at that victim, and that the video then shows him running west and firing again before running up behind a second victim, who was walking away, and shooting that person. The Chronicle reported a large group arguing on the sidewalk in front of 1010 West University Avenue, that the first victim is seen punching McRae in the head, and that he pulled a handgun from his waist area and fired two shots, striking the first victim at least once. Two large groups near the Chevron, and a large group in front of 1010, are not the same scene. Hit on the right side of his head, and punched in the head by the first victim, are not the same sentence. A waistband and a waist area are not the same word. The Chronicle reported the first victim is seen running west along West University Avenue until he falls, and that another camera angle shows McRae running up behind the second victim and shooting that person at least once. It reported he was wearing a Chicago Bulls jersey, that his arm tattoos are visible, and that the video does not show anyone else shooting a firearm. The Sun reported he is clearly identifiable in the video.

The Sun reported that after the arrest McRae told police he had been hanging out with friends at Kava Lounge, 1007 W. University Ave., that one of his friends had gotten into an argument with another group earlier that night, and that he asked a friend if he could borrow a gun because he thought the dispute might escalate. It reported he said that when the two groups began fighting he tried to break up the fight, that after he was punched in the head he "panicked" and began firing at the first victim, and that he was willing to "defend myself by any means necessary." It reported he told police he shot the second victim because that person had been fighting with his friend, and that he denied intentionally dropping the gun, saying the weapon must have fallen out of his pocket. The Chronicle reported the statement was post-Miranda, that the lounge had closed, that he and his friends were then on the north side of the intersection of West University Avenue and NW 10th Street, and that the gun was handed to him "minutes" before the shooting. It reported he said he "panicked" when he was punched in the face and was ready to "defend myself by any means necessary," and that he denied intentionally discarding the gun. Punched in the head and punched in the face are not the same account. Willing, and ready, are not the same word. Dropping, and discarding, are not the same word. The Chronicle reported two adult felony convictions, which it called non-violent, two misdemeanor convictions, which it called violent, and a state prison sentence for unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm, with a release in 2019. It reported a 2024 arrest after two handguns, one with a Glock switch, were found in the glove compartment of a car he was driving. It reported he was initially charged with fleeing/eluding, possession of a machine gun, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, that the gun charges were dropped, and that after a plea of nolo contendere to fleeing he was sentenced in August 2024 to 10 months in jail followed by two years of probation. A dropped charge is not a conviction. That August 2024 sentence is an earlier case. It is not a sentence in the West University Avenue shooting. The Chronicle reported a judge will decide tomorrow whether to set bail. The department release asked anyone with information to call the Gainesville Police Department at 352-393-7700 or Alachua County Crime Stoppers at 352-372-7867. The Nov. 1 counts are charges. They are not a finding that McRae shot either person. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.