Boynton man facing murder charge after BMW driver found fatally shot at I-95 onramp

BOYNTON BEACH — A 22-year-old Boynton Beach man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death last fall of a man whose body was found in the driver's seat of a vehicle on an entrance ramp to southbound Interstate 95.

A judge ordered Jaquan Perry held without bail during a hearing at the Palm Beach County Jail on Wednesday, April 3, one day after his arrest in the death of Michael Galwick, 21, of Pompano Beach.

The Florida Highway Patrol found Galwick's body at about 4:15 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2023, behind the wheel of a BMW parked on the West Woolbright Road entrance ramp to the highway. Perry's arrest report did not specify where the fatal shot was fired or what prompted a confrontation between the two men.

Circuit Judge Donald Hafele assigned Perry a public defender at the April 3 hearing. As a policy, the county Public Defender's Office does not comment on open cases.

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According to Perry's arrest report, Boynton Beach police confirmed that BMW was connected to a call for shots fired reported in the area of the 500 block of West Woolbright Road about an hour earlier.

Investigators said Galwick and the driver of another vehicle were seen arriving at a gas station on the 900 block of West Woolbright and made separate purchases in its convenience store.

Galwick returned to his BMW and moved it from one gas pump to another, stopping in front of an Infiniti where the other driver, identified by police as Perry, was standing. Perry appeared to reach into the Infiniti and Galwick then drove away.

Perry then drove his rented vehicle out of the parking lot, turning in the same direction as Galwick's BMW, the arrest report said.

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Investigators say the Infiniti stopped in an adjacent turn lane on Southwest Eighth Street, about one car length behind the BMW. As the turn light to Woolbright Road went green, the Infiniti sped forward while the BMW remained stationary. The Infiniti continued into the turn at a high rate of speed while the BMW began moving at a slower speed, police said. Both vehicles turned onto eastbound Woolbright.

According to the arrest report, detectives from both Boynton Beach police and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office gang unit reviewed the gas station surveillance-camera footage and recognized Perry from previous encounters.

Investigators went to Perry's address in Boynton Beach and found the Infiniti parked there. The Infiniti had a gunshot defect that appeared to have come from within the vehicle, they reported. Perry told investigators the vehicle was not his and denied that he had ever driven or occupied it.

However, investigators say Perry's fingerprints were found on the vehicle and his DNA was found on items inside it.

It was unclear how Perry came into possession of the Infiniti. The vehicle's owner told investigators it is used for private rentals and said he last loaned it to a woman he met in West Palm Beach.

Julius Whigham II is a criminal justice and public safety reporter for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at [email protected] and follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at @JuliusWhigham. Help support our work: Subscribe today.

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