A West Palm Beach man has been convicted of first-degree murder for gunning down a 34-year-old bicyclist outside his condo complex in 2023, while the jury in his co-defendant's case deadlocked and resulted in a mistrial. Rigoberto Eusebio Duval, 37, was found guilty on October 16 of first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the killing of Edmund Glover.
Glover, a West Palm Beach resident, was riding his bicycle in the 1700 block of North Congress Avenue at the Presidential Golfview Condominiums when he was ambushed, according to WPBF. Investigators said Glover had just entered the complex on his bicycle when he was shot multiple times, with two men jumping out of a car and killing him after he arrived, per the outlet's reporting. A police report cited by the station said numerous shots were fired by both suspects. Officers found Glover lying on the pavement near a building after responding to several 911 calls that night.
Those calls came in around 12:32 a.m. on January 9, 2023, prompting West Palm Beach police to respond to reports of shots fired outside the complex, according to a West Palm Beach Police Department advisory posted at the time. Police initially withheld Glover's name under Marsy's Law, a state provision that allows crime victims or their families to request confidentiality of personal identifying information, before his identity was later made public.
Surveillance Footage Captured Suspects Waiting, Then Watching Police
Surveillance video reviewed by investigators showed Colbert and Duval waiting for Glover in a white Toyota before the shooting, the station's report notes. Hours later, the same footage reportedly showed both men returning to watch police investigate the scene after having driven away. Deputies located one 9mm shell casing in the driveway next to Duval's vehicle, physical evidence that helped tie him to the shooting.
That kind of ballistics work echoes broader gun-crime investigations across the county. A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office update from September 2023 reported that undercover firearm operations and ballistics testing had directly linked illegal gun sales to shell casings recovered from West Palm Beach homicide scenes, including the Presidential Golfview complex, as law enforcement seized multiple firearms during targeted residential search warrants.
A Manhunt That Stretched to Panama and Georgia
Both suspects are convicted felons and known gang members, per the station's account. When a warrant was served and Duval realized his arrest was imminent, he fled to Panama. He was apprehended in May 2023 during a planned traffic stop while leaving a resort in a ride-share car with his girlfriend. The U.S. Marshals Service, the Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force, and the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service all assisted in the search for the suspects.
Colbert, meanwhile, fled to Georgia before turning himself in at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office main detention center in June 2023. Booking records compiled by Florida Arrests show he was formally processed into the county jail on June 20, 2023, after his return from Georgia. A judge later granted him a $100,000 bond. He was also arrested on a separate battery charge inside the Palm Beach County jail on November 2, 2024, while awaiting trial in Glover's killing.
Mistrial for Colbert, Mandatory Life for Duval
Colbert's case ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict, leaving his fate unresolved while Duval awaits sentencing. Circuit Court Judge Scott Suskauer has scheduled a status hearing for Colbert on October 26 at 8:30 a.m. to determine next steps. Judge Suskauer, who serves in Florida's 15th Judicial Circuit, has presided over multiple high-profile homicide cases in Palm Beach County, including accepting a plea agreement in the 1990 killer clown murder case, according to CBS News.
For Duval, Judge Suskauer has set sentencing for Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Under Florida Statutes Chapter 782, a conviction for first-degree premeditated murder carries a mandatory penalty of either life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or the death penalty, according to sentencing guidelines published by the Brancato Law Firm. Florida abolished parole for capital felonies in 1995, according to statutory records published by the Florida Senate, meaning any life sentence imposed requires the defendant to serve the remainder of his natural life without release.
Duval's second conviction, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carries its own separate exposure. That offense is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison under Florida Statutes Chapter 790, according to the Matassini Law Firm.
A Complex With a Troubled History
The Presidential Golfview Condominiums at 1700 North Congress Avenue has seen gun violence before. Public safety records maintained by Crime Solvers Central show the complex was the site of a fatal shooting in August 2017 tied to a domestic dispute that was ultimately ruled self-defense. Years earlier, in February 2019, a 68-year-old resident was shot to death there following an altercation over a loose pit bull, as reported by the International Business Times; West Palm Beach police investigated that incident under Florida's self-defense laws.
Separately, research compiled by the Felony Murder Reporting Project found that Black individuals represent 61% of all prisoners incarcerated for felony murder in Florida, despite making up 17% of the state's total population. The project describes Florida as the only state with four separate felony murder statutes.
Whether prosecutors will seek to retry Colbert remains an open question heading into his October 26 status hearing.
