Police say a brother-sister pair was arrested for execution-style “retaliation” murder during a “feud” between relatives because “nobody drives my car.”

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Police say a brother-sister pair was arrested for execution-style retaliation murder during a feud between relatives because nobody drives my car.

A man has been arrested for allegedly murdering a rival in a Florida convenience store, and the suspect’s sister is accused of being the getaway driver.

Warren Pollock, 24, is accused of murdering Steven Black, 34, in retaliation for an alleged battery from the day before. Pollock’s sister, Wanisha Pollock, 29, has been charged with accessory after the fact.

On March 13, 2022, at approximately 6:50 p.m., officers from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrived at Tony’s Market at 800 Northwest 22nd Road in response to 911 calls reporting a man being shot. A witness told police that a suspect shot the victim, later identified as Steven Black, and fled. According to a Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrest affidavit for Wanisha Pollock, she also described the suspect’s physical characteristics, including his height of about 5-foot-7 and thin build.

The victim died and was brought to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. He died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, and the case was ruled homicide.

Surveillance footage from Tony’s Market later showed someone dressed in all black, including a hood, walking into the store past Black, who was speaking to customers near the exit. Seconds later, the suspect approached Black with his gun raised and fired, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG. Everyone near the exit fled, including the suspect.

The documents in the Broward County Clerk of Courts maintain a specific order of events that occurred next.

Warren Pollock, the shooting suspect, ran toward a Nissan Altima and entered through the passenger seat, after which the car took off “at a high rate of speed,” according to the arrest affidavit. A license plate reader identified the car, and police later discovered it was registered to Wanisha Pollock.

She reportedly refused to speak with police when they approached her, stating that she wanted to consult with an attorney first. The investigation continued, and details discovered earlier in the day of the shooting suggest why the crime could have occurred.

Police discovered that Black was the suspect in a felony battery that occurred around 1:30 p.m. in Lauderhill, Florida. Lauderhill is just west of where the shooting occurred.

Black is said to have gone with a friend to where the mother of the friend’s child was staying. According to the court document, the two parents argued when they arrived, and Black attempted to calm the situation down. The mother’s parents also became involved.

“During the chaos, [Black] punched” in the face the father or stepfather of the woman whom they had sought out “and caused serious bodily harm,” the document states. Black and his friend left, but not before a photo was taken of them and posted on social media.

From 1:48 p.m. that day until the shooting, the Nissan Altima “drove in front of Tony’s Market more than a dozen times,” according to police, citing surveillance footage from outside the convenience store. “It was obvious that the driver of the Nissan Altima was looking for the victim, who was known to frequent Tony’s Market,” according to the witness statement.

According to police, the car was parked less than 150 feet in front of the store about five hours later, just minutes before the murder. As such, it was “perfectly positioned for a quick getaway.”

The next day, Fort Lauderdale police officers spoke with Lauderhill Police Department officers and discovered that the residence where Black allegedly punched the man the day before had been the target of several gunshots.

“It is evident that after the felony battery a feud ensued between [the punching victim’s] family and with people related to [Black],” according to the lawsuit. “The homicide of [Black] appeared to be in retaliation for the battery.”

As the investigation progressed, detectives discovered that Wanisha Pollock had a brother named Warren Pollock, who was serving felony probation for armed robbery and concealing a firearm in 2017. He “matches the suspect’s physical description,” police said, citing the shooting witness’ previous testimony.

Shell casings from the Tony’s Market shooting matched those recovered from the scene of an aggravated assault in Miami Gardens on June 13, 2021. The Pollock siblings lived just across the street during the aggravated assault, according to police.

According to a Miami Gardens Police Department detective, one of the victims in this crime told him that they believed the neighbor across the street shot their house. The victim believed this because, shortly before their home was shot, police responded to the neighbor’s house for a disturbance, and the neighbor assumed that the victims of the aggravated assault had called the police.”

Investigators also obtained Wanisha Pollock’s phone records, which revealed a total of 114 calls between her and the stepson of the victim of the punch “that started the spree of violence” between March 12, 2022, the day before the alleged murder, and March 21, 2022. Wanisha Pollock was reportedly in contact with this man several times in the hours preceding the shooting.

According to the affidavit, Wanisha Pollock called the man’s stepson just minutes after he was punched. She then called her brother before contacting the same man again. About an hour after the punch, she allegedly called Black’s friend, the man who had a child with the woman whose father or stepfather had been punched. Within three hours of the punch, she received a call from the stepson, a call from her brother, and two more calls from the stepson.

Warren Pollock’s cellphone records also revealed that he had been using it all day until about an hour before the alleged murder, when it was last found near Tony’s market. According to the affidavit, it was turned back on about an hour after the shooting, and the nearest cell tower was the one closest to his house.

These leads enabled a search warrant for Wanisha Pollock’s house on April 1, 2022. When police arrived and asked who was driving her car on the day of the shooting, she allegedly responded, “I was driving my car. “Nobody drives my car.”

Police also believe that the gun used in the murder was used to commit multiple armed robberies in Miami Beach the week after the murder. The weapon was recovered from a man who investigators were able to identify as Warren Pollock.

Wanisha Pollock was arrested on July 10 and released on a $20,000 bond on Tuesday. She is scheduled for arraignment on August 11.

According to Miami NBC affiliate WTVJ, Warren Pollock of Hephzibah, Georgia, was arrested by the US Marshals Service on July 8 in Augusta, Georgia. He is being held by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

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