A Tallahassee food truck impresario and comfort food entrepreneur has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he threatened to “shoot up” two Tallahassee public schools.
Demetrius Murray was named in a six-count indictment for “interstate communication of threats to injure children.”
He is now scheduled for sentencing before Senior U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle on April 16 and “faces a maximum of five years imprisonment on each threat count,” according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Jack Heekin of the Northern District of Florida.
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Previous coverage: Tallahassee food truck operator indicted federally over school threats
According to previous reporting, the indictment details the specific threats the 33-year-old is alleged to have said in a Nov. 14 argument on the phone with an out-of-state debt collection agency, including:
“I’m headed up there right now to kill these kids at the middle school.”
“I got a 9 millimeter gun in my hand and I’m going to this middle school and I’m about to shoot this middle school up right now.”
“My gun is pointed at this little girl right now … blast this little girl head off, first white (expletive) out here …”
The threats allegedly were directed at Kate Sullivan Elementary School and Cobb Middle School, next to each other on Miccosukee Road in central Tallahassee.
Dee Murray, owner of Comeback Tacos, shares how he came up with the concept for the food truck Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
In 2020, Murray’s first business venture in Tallahassee, Gurlie’s Lemonade with $3 lemonades and fried Oreos quickly became a raging sensation for Tallahassee foodies and was even spotlighted on the Today Show. He later pivoted to selling tacos at his Comeback Tacos food truck in Midtown.
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This story contains previously published reporting. Jim Rosica can be reached at jrosica@tallahassee.com and follow him on Twitter/X: @JimRosicaFL.
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