R, 29, previously charged twice for domestic battery but charges were dropped
A 29-year-old man who has been charged in a triple shooting on Jacksonville’s Northside that killed his 4-year-old daughter and critically injured his 2-year-old daughter and the girls’ mother appeared before a judge on Thursday.
With his right arm wrapped and in a sling around his shoulder, R heard the charges against him from a judge, and the bond amount set for each:
- Count 1: Life felony, murder in the second-degree with a weapon, domestic in nature (No bond)
- Count 2: Life felony, attempted murder in the first-degree with a weapon, domestic in nature (No bond)
- Count 3: Life felony, attempted murder in the first-degree with a weapon, domestic in nature (No bond)
- Count 4: 2nd-degree felony, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officers ($250,003)
- Count 5: 2nd-degree felony, shooting or throwing deadly missiles ($250,003)
- County 6: 2nd-degree felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon ($250,003)
- Count 7: 3rd-degree felony, grand theft auto ($150,003)
Because he was denied bond on the murder and attempted murder charges, R will remain in jail pending trial. He has been ordered to have no contact with witnesses or victims.
R will be back in court on July 23, when he will enter a plea to the charges.
What happened
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said that officers responded Tuesday afternoon to a home on Traci Lynn Drive and found a 27-year-old woman and her two young girls suffering gunshot wounds.
The woman’s 4-year-old daughter died at the scene. She and her toddler daughter were taken to local hospitals with life-threatening injuries. No update has been released on their condition since the shooting.
Investigators said they learned that R, the girls’ father, was arguing outside the home with the girls’ mother and then fired multiple rounds, hitting her and their two daughters before driving off in a stolen SUV.
Detectives from JSO’s Homicide Unit responded to the scene and took over the investigation. Investigators quickly identified R as the shooter and issued a BOLO — be on the lookout — with a description of the vehicle.
Members of JSO’s Community Problem Response Team found R and stopped him using a vehicle block. They took him into custody without incident, and he was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
He was booked into the Duval County Pre-Trial Detention Center on Tuesday night.
What happened
According to past court records, R served time in prison from 2016 to 2019 for robbery with a deadly weapon stemming from an incident in 2015 when he was 19 years old.
He has also been arrested twice in Duval County for domestic battery — once in 2022 and in July 2025, but those charges were later dropped, records showed.
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Source: News4jax
