{"id":63426,"date":"2026-03-06T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=63426"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:18:20","slug":"lpd-has-arrested-kevin-lamont-reed-jr-23-in-connection-with-the-fatal-shooting-of-48-year-old-steven-michael-magee-outside-wallys-pool-hall-in-lakeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/03\/06\/lpd-has-arrested-kevin-lamont-reed-jr-23-in-connection-with-the-fatal-shooting-of-48-year-old-steven-michael-magee-outside-wallys-pool-hall-in-lakeland\/","title":{"rendered":"LPD has arrested Kevin Lamont Reed Jr., 23, in connection with the fatal shooting of 48-year-old Steven Michael Magee outside Wally\u2019s Pool Hall in Lakeland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police have arrested Kevin Lamont Reed Jr.<\/strong>, 23, in connection with the fatal shooting of 48-year-old Steven Michael Magee<\/strong> outside Wally\u2019s Pool Hall in Lakeland.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n

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The incident occurred early Thursday morning, March 5, 2026<\/strong>, in the parking lot of the business located at 1136 E. Main St.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Details of the Investigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • The Incident:<\/strong> According to investigators, both men had been inside the pool hall earlier that night but did not interact. Shortly after 12:30 a.m., an argument broke out between them in the parking lot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Confrontation:<\/strong> Witnesses and surveillance footage reportedly show Magee backing away with his hands up in an attempt to de-escalate the situation. Reed allegedly followed him, pushed him, and then pulled out a firearm, shooting Magee multiple times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Exchange of Fire:<\/strong> As Magee fell to the ground, he managed to draw his own weapon and return fire. Reed fled the scene in a vehicle before police arrived.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Arrest:<\/strong> Detectives tracked Reed to his home, where he was taken into custody around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday night. A firearm believed to be used in the shooting was recovered during his arrest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Charges Filed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Kevin Lamont Reed Jr. is currently facing the following charges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Second-Degree Murder<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Tampering with Physical Evidence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Steven Magee was transported to Lakeland Regional Health following the shooting, where he was later pronounced dead.<\/sup> The investigation is ongoing, and the Lakeland Police Department has credited witness statements and video evidence for the swift identification of the suspect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Police have arrested Kevin Lamont Reed Jr., 23, in connection with the fatal shooting of 48-year-old Steven Michael Magee outside Wally\u2019s Pool Hall in Lakeland. The incident occurred early Thursday… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL2Rvd25sb2FkLTQud2VicD9maXQ9MjQ1JTJDMjA2JnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiTFBEIGhhcyBhcnJlc3RlZCBLZXZpbiBMYW1vbnQgUmVlZCBKci4sIDIzLCBpbiBjb25uZWN0aW9uIHdpdGggdGhlIGZhdGFsIHNob290aW5nIG9mIDQ4LXllYXItb2xkIFN0ZXZlbiBNaWNoYWVsIE1hZ2VlIG91dHNpZGUgV2FsbHlcdTIwMTlzIFBvb2wgSGFsbCBpbiBMYWtlbGFuZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.LwvVwZ9CqQoS2_45bzx4Q16TOM_T9Z8YJ7ATouIcSF4MQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[13954,13956,13955],"class_list":["post-63426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-13954","tag-in-connection-with-the-fatal-shooting-of-48-year-old-steven-michael-magee-outside-wallys-pool-hall-in-lakeland","tag-lpd-has-arrested-kevin-lamont-reed-jr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63436,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63426\/revisions\/63436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}