TONIGHT. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. A YOUNG LIFE CUT WAY TOO SHORT. AND TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE GRANDMOTHER OF A TEENAGER GUNNED DOWN IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. 17 YEAR OLD S MCLEOD WAS SHOT AT AN AIRBNB PARTY IN KISSIMMEE TONIGHT. BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HIS GRIEVING FAMILY ARE ASKING WHY WESH 2’S GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN IS IN THE NEWSROOM. GAIL YOU TALKED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER TONIGHT WHO’S BEGGING FOR ANSWERS AT THIS POINT. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, S MCLEOD, AFFECTIONATELY CALLED Q WOULD HAVE BEEN 18 YEARS OLD NEXT MONTH. HIS GRANDMOTHER SAYS THAT HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINING THE MARINES. THE FAMILY WANTS ANSWERS. Q WAS THE ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. TURN YOURSELF IN. YOU HAVE A GRIEVING FAMILY, MOURNING FAMILY, A MOTHER THAT’S NEVER GOING TO EVER GET HER SON BACK. THE FAMILY OF 17 YEAR OLD S MCLEOD HAS SO MANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THE ORLANDO TEENAGER WAS GUNNED DOWN AT A PARTY IN KISSIMMEE AT AN AIRBNB. OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED AROUND 1:25 A.M. MARCH 14TH TO THE VERANDA PALM SUBDIVISION. THE TEEN WAS LYING NEAR THE POOL. EVERYBODY. LOVED KOUVARAS SMART, INTELLIGENT, HANDSOME. YOU KNOW, HE. HE HAD IT COMPLETELY LAID OUT HOW HE WANTED HIS LIFE. BUT WHOEVER DID IT TOOK HIS LIFE SENSELESS. HOW CAN YOU SLEEP? YOU PUT A BULLET IN SOMEBODY’S HEAD. MY QUESTION IS, WHY SO MANY CHILDREN AT ONE SPOT? WHERE’S THE ADULTS? WHERE’S THE SUPERVISION? THE LAST TIME FELICIA MCLEOD SPOKE TO HER GRANDSON WAS THURSDAY, WHEN HE SPENT THE NIGHT AT HER HOUSE. THE LAST WORDS. I LOVE YOU, GRANDMA. AND NEVER THINK THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO EVER COME BACK BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP ME MOVE. THE FAMILY IS HOLDING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON SATURDAY RIGHT HERE AT THE ROSEMONT COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY SAY THIS IS WHERE Q WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE CHILDREN. MISS FELICIA, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THAT THAT VIGIL WILL DO? BRING SOME KIND OF LIGHT, SOME KIND OF ANSWER? I’M QUITE SURE THOSE THAT WAS AT THAT PARTY WOULD BE THERE. WHOSE MOTHER HAS SET UP A GOFUNDME TO PAY FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY INSURANCE. IF THIS WAS YOUR BROTHER, IF THIS WAS YOUR COUSIN, IF THIS WAS YOUR LOVED ONE, YOU WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE. COME GET MY DAUGHTER SOME PEACE. LET HER REST. LET HER KNOW THAT THE ANSWERS THAT SHE NEEDS COME FORTH. THE VIGIL TOMORROW AT THE ROSEMONT COMMUNITY CENTER STARTS AT 4:00. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER ABOUT THIS CASE, CONTACT CRIMELINE AT ONE 842 THREE TIPS. YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS, AND YOU COULD ALSO RECEIVE UP
Orlando family seeks answers after teen’s death at Kissimmee party
Updated: 10:42 PM EDT Mar 20, 2026
The family of Qvarious McCloud, a 17-year-old from Orlando, is seeking answers after he was shot and killed at a party in Kissimmee, urging those with information to come forward.Felicia McCloud, Qvarious’ grandmother, expressed her grief and urged the shooter to turn themselves in.”Turn yourself in, turn yourself in. You have a grieving family, a mourning family, a mother that’s never, ever going to get her son back,” she said.The family is left with many questions about why the teenager was gunned down.”Everybody loves Qvarious, smart, intelligent, handsome,” Felicia McCloud said. “You know, he had it completely laid out how he wanted his life. But whoever did it ended his life senseless.”Captain Kim Montes from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office stated, “We don’t have any information as to why this occurred. We don’t know if he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, we don’t know if he was targeted. We really don’t know at this point.”Felicia McCloud questioned the lack of adult supervision at the party, which reportedly had more than 200 children present.”My question is, why so many children at one spot, where’s the adults? Where’s the supervision? Where’s there drug and liquor and over from my understanding over 200 kids, nobody seen anything,” she said. The last time Felicia McCloud spoke to her grandson was Thursday when he spent the night at her house.”The last words, ‘I love you, grandma.’ You would never think that he was not ever going to come back here because he was going to help me move,” she recalled.The family is planning a candlelight vigil on Saturday at the Rosemont Community Center, where Qvarious volunteered with children. Felicia McCloud hopes the vigil will bring answers.”Bring some kind of light, some kind of answer. I’m quite sure those that were at that party will be there,” she said.Qvarious’ mother has set up a GoFundMe to cover funeral expenses, as she did not have insurance. Captain Kim Montes urged those with information to come forward.”If this was your brother, if this was your cousin, if this was your loved one, you would hope that someone would step up and do the right thing,” she said.Felicia McCloud added, “I just want everybody that was there come give my daughter some peace, let her rest, let her know that the answer that she needs, come forth.”The candlelight vigil is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the Rosemont Community Center. Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call Crime Line at 1-800-423-TIPS. Tips can be given anonymously, and there is a reward of up to $5,000 if the information leads to an arrest.
The family of Qvarious McCloud, a 17-year-old from Orlando, is seeking answers after he was shot and killed at a party in Kissimmee, urging those with information to come forward.
Felicia McCloud, Qvarious’ grandmother, expressed her grief and urged the shooter to turn themselves in.
“Turn yourself in, turn yourself in. You have a grieving family, a mourning family, a mother that’s never, ever going to get her son back,” she said.
The family is left with many questions about why the teenager was gunned down.
“Everybody loves Qvarious, smart, intelligent, handsome,” Felicia McCloud said. “You know, he had it completely laid out how he wanted his life. But whoever did it ended his life senseless.”
Captain Kim Montes from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office stated, “We don’t have any information as to why this occurred. We don’t know if he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, we don’t know if he was targeted. We really don’t know at this point.”
Felicia McCloud questioned the lack of adult supervision at the party, which reportedly had more than 200 children present.
“My question is, why so many children at one spot, where’s the adults? Where’s the supervision? Where’s there drug and liquor and over from my understanding over 200 kids, nobody seen anything,” she said.
The last time Felicia McCloud spoke to her grandson was Thursday when he spent the night at her house.
“The last words, ‘I love you, grandma.’ You would never think that he was not ever going to come back here because he was going to help me move,” she recalled.
The family is planning a candlelight vigil on Saturday at the Rosemont Community Center, where Qvarious volunteered with children. Felicia McCloud hopes the vigil will bring answers.
“Bring some kind of light, some kind of answer. I’m quite sure those that were at that party will be there,” she said.
Qvarious’ mother has set up a GoFundMe to cover funeral expenses, as she did not have insurance. Captain Kim Montes urged those with information to come forward.
“If this was your brother, if this was your cousin, if this was your loved one, you would hope that someone would step up and do the right thing,” she said.
Felicia McCloud added, “I just want everybody that was there come give my daughter some peace, let her rest, let her know that the answer that she needs, come forth.”
The candlelight vigil is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the Rosemont Community Center. Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call Crime Line at 1-800-423-TIPS. Tips can be given anonymously, and there is a reward of up to $5,000 if the information leads to an arrest.