Joshua Brown, who has a prior conviction in a 2015 double homicide, was arrested Saturday morning in West Palm Beach on a felony warrant, according to police. Investigators accuse Brown of killing 31-year-old Renelle Lubin, who was found shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the 1100 block of Henrietta Avenue on April 2, 2025. Detectives say surveillance cameras and a license-plate reader flagged a white Jeep that pulled into the lot before the shooting and sped away right after.
West Palm Beach officers were sent to the Henrietta Avenue complex at about 8:56 p.m., where they found Lubin lying in the lot with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of the head, according to WPEC. The outlet reports that an arrest report describes how detectives linked the Jeep Compass with a black roof to Brown after speaking with his mother, and that investigators said cellphone records placed him at the scene and showed he had communicated with Lubin minutes before the gunfire. WPEC also reports Brown had been released from the Florida Department of Corrections in November 2024 after serving time connected to the Tamarind Avenue double homicide in 2015.
How Detectives Say They Tracked The Suspect
Officers were first alerted to the area by a ShotSpotter activation, then arrived to find the injured man in the parking lot, as reported by WFLX. That early alert gave detectives a head start on pulling surveillance footage and license-plate data, which showed the white SUV arriving shortly before the shots and leaving shortly afterward.
Backstory: 2015 Double Homicide
Brown's criminal record dates to October 2015, when Brian "Cookemup" Tanksley and Sean Austin Pollum were found shot inside a Tamarind Avenue apartment, according to local coverage at the time. Authorities say Brown was arrested in Tennessee by the U.S. Marshals Service and later brought back to Palm Beach County, according to reporting from WPBF.
Charges And What Comes Next
Police say probable cause was found to book Brown on counts of second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, authorities told WPEC. The station reports that a judge signed Brown's felony warrant on December 1, 2025, and that he was arrested Saturday morning. He is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail while prosecutors prepare formal court filings.
Friends and fans have remembered Tanksley for his role in West Palm Beach's music scene, and local reporting chronicled the long investigation and its toll on the neighborhood, according to The Palm Beach Post. The earlier case, now back in the spotlight this spring, has renewed attention on unsolved and long-running homicide probes in Palm Beach County.
Under Florida statute, second-degree murder covers killings that “evince a depraved mind” without premeditation and is classified as a first-degree felony that can carry a sentence up to life in prison, according to the state code and legal summaries. Florida Statute 782.04 lays out the degrees of homicide and the penalties tied to them.
West Palm Beach police are asking anyone with information about the Henrietta Avenue shooting to contact detectives or Crime Stoppers. Court records and charging documents are expected to provide further detail as the case moves through the system.
