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It s shocking and appalling, said Jacksonville Sheriff s Office Director of Investigations Mike Bruno. Author: David Jones Updated: 5:16 AM EST February 11, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Three lives were taken and four teenagers will face a judge for their alleged involvement in the shooting at a Northwest Jacksonville apartment complex.
In the wake of the killings, city leaders and retired law enforcement are speaking out on potential solutions to youth crime. It s shocking and appalling, said Jacksonville Sheriff s Office Director of Investigations Mike Bruno. You ve got, kids, 14, 17, 18 years old out committing crimes like this.
In a press conference Wednesday, Bruno announced the arrest of three juveniles and one legal-age teen: a 14-year-old girl, two 17-year-old boys, and 18-year-old Keon Lester.
Gun violence disproportionately impacts Jacksonville’s Black community, data shows
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Records show gun violence in Jacksonville continues to disproportionately impact the Black community at an alarming rate.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, in 2017, there were 116 homicides. Of those, 80 victims (68.9%) were Black and 34 victims (29.3%) were white.
In 2020, there were 141 homicides. Of those, 110 were Black victims (78%) versus 30 white victims (21.2%).
Maurice Hobbs was one of those statistics in 2017.
“Maurice had just turned 18, two days before he was shot. January 26, 2017, was the day he began to live through me,” Latasha Hobbs, Maurice Hobbs’s mother, said.
Hobbs was driving to pick up her son when he was shot and killed.