Former Miami Hurricanes defensive back Rashaun Jones has been arrested and charged with the murder of his former UM teammate, defensive Bryan Pata, who was shot to death nearly 15 years ago outside his Kendall apartment.
Jones, 35, was arrested on Thursday in Lake City by Miami-Dade police, with the help of U.S. Marshals and will be extradited to Miami-Dade County for trial.
Pata, a graduate of Miami Central Senior High, was a 22-year-old senior at UM when he was killed outside of his home at the Colony Apartments on Nov. 7, 2006.
“As a result of 15 years of investigation, countless hours, numerous interviews and work done by countless detectives with the assistance of the state attorney’s office, we were able to obtain an arrest warrant charging Rashaun Jones with first-degree murder,” Juan Segovia, a Miami-Dade homicide detective, said in a video released by the Miami-Dade police department.