Historic year: Jacksonville sees lowest number of homicides in a year this century in 2024
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office recorded less than 100 homicides in 2024, as four of the previous five years had 150-plus homicides.
Q&A: Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan talks about historic reduction of killings in city
In her second year as mayor, Donna Deegan, along with the sheriff, can boast about a safer Jacksonville with a historically ...
Jacksonville culminates with 83 homicides in 2024: Here's who is dying, where and how
Jacksonville's total homicides and murders in 2024 declined 47% from last year. The Times-Union breaks down the data by race, gender, ...
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Boy Wounded as Gunfire Disrupts New Year Celebrations at Downtown Jacksonville Park
A boy was shot in the leg at Jacksonville's James Weldon Johnson Park during New Year's celebrations; police investigate, no ...
JSO: Boy injured in New Year's Day shooting at James Weldon Johnson Park in Jacksonville
About an hour after fireworks were set off in downtown Jacksonville on New Year's Day, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says ...
2 separate shootings happen less than 24 hours apart at Jacksonville park
James Weldon Johnson Park was the scene of two separate shootings in the span of less than 24 hours. The Jacksonville Sheriff ...
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Jacksonville corrections officer arrested on domestic battery charge, police say
the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office announced. In a Monday morning press conference, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Director of Patrol and Enforcement Joe Cowan said on Thursday, Corrections Sergeant ...
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Boy shot in leg when early morning New Year’s Day argument ends in gunfire in Downtown Jacksonville: JSO
the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. It’s the second time in two days that an argument in the park ended with shots fired, according to police. On New Year’s Eve, the City Hall building was struck ...
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Man to sue Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office after being accidentally shot with his own gun during traffic stop
A traffic stop in Jacksonville took a terrifying turn after, authorities said, a man who was stopped by officers was accidentally<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
Man shot, killed at home in Jacksonville’s Grand Park community
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man was shot and killed early Tuesday at a home on Jacksonville North Westside. Police were called to ...
Jacksonville police searching for missing 11-year-old boy ‘reported to be diagnosed with autism’
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in finding an 11-year-old boy they said is “reported to be ...
Historic year: Jacksonville sees lowest number of homicides this century
Sheriff T.K. Waters' consistent message about murder is "one life is too many." Well, in 2024 way fewer lives were taken ...