The Office of the State Attorney has charged an 18-year-old Pensacola man as a co-defendant in a 2023 homicide case on Tarragona Street.
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies fulfilled an Order To Take Into Custody warrant July 17 after a law enforcement officer with the Office of the State Attorney said she had probable cause to believe Emmanuel Dewayne Bonner killed Quentin Crayne on Dec. 2, 2023, during a robbery.
Bonner, who was 16 years old in 2023, is charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon and robbery with a deadly weapon.
Isaiah Collie, Bonner’s codefendant, was arrested just days after Crayne was fatally shot. The state has charged Collie with principal to second-degree murder and principal to attempted second-degree murder.
What happened Dec. 2, 2023?
Pensacola police officers received reports of shots fired near Pensacola Village on East Fairfield Drive Dec. 2, 2023, where a “witness advised that they saw a black male run near building G with a big gun.”
Just a few minutes later, officers received another shots fired call on Roosevelt Street, with callers saying they heard at least 12 shots and saw two men running from the area.
Officers then found James Crayne Sr., James Crayne Jr. and Quentin Crayne with gunshot wounds at Sacred Heart Hospital.
“James Crayne Jr. advised that he had met up at 3417 North Tarragona Street with a black male, ‘Isaiah’ who was positively identified through a photo lineup as Isaiah Collie,” court records say.
Crayne Jr. told law enforcement that he, his father and his brother were meeting Collie to sell him marijuana.
“James Crayne Jr. advised that when he arrived, he exited the vehicle and attempted to hand the quantity of marijuana to Isaiah Collie, at which point Isaiah Collie grabbed the marijuana and started running in between the houses towards the fence at the back of the property,” court records say. “James Crayne Jr. stated that when he got to the fence, Isaiah Collie stopped and started screaming a name, either ‘Wayne’ or ‘Wade.'”
Crayne Jr. said he then saw a firearm appear over the fence that began to fire at them. While running back to his vehicle, he saw Quentin Crayne “stumbling and crouching to the ground, holding his chest.”
Alleged shooter identified as Emmanuel Bonner
According to police records, investigators found that Bonner was allegedly the person on the other side of the fence based on GPS tracking data from his ankle monitor.
“Emmanuel Bonner appears to go to the back of 3220 North Roosevelt Street to where there are sheds, then Emmanuel Bonner goes out to the street,” records say. “The GPS data from Emmanuel Bonner’s ankle monitor revealed that he did this two times, back to back.”
It wasn’t until July 7, 2025, when a witness who is unnamed in reports came forward about the night of the shooting, claiming Bonner knew about Collie buying the marijuana and possessed a blue AR-15.
“The witness advised that they observed Emmanuel Bonner fire multiple shots over the fence line in the direction of James Crayne Jr. and Quentin Crayne as Isaiah Collie was jumping over the fence after taking the marijuana,” court documents said.
Investigators also discovered spent .223 REM shell casings, which are consistent with the use of an AR-15.
What’s next for Isaiah Collie and Emmanuel Bonner?
Collie’s case remains ongoing and is scheduled to be back in court Sept. 25.
Circuit Judge John Simon appointed the Regional Conflict Counsel to represent Bonner on July 22, and he’s scheduled to be arraigned on his charges Aug. 8.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Alleged gunman arrested in father-sons drug deal turned robbery turned homicide
Reporting by Benjamin Johnson, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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