JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a 15-year-old in the Saturday murder of another teenager after a dispute-turned-shooting.
Bobby T. Dann, 15, was arrested Sunday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.
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JSO reported the teen victim, Mekel Queen was killed in a dispute-turned-shooting in the 10700 block of Java Drive in the Sandalwood area Saturday.
Action News Jax’s Nick Gibson spoke to Donnell Queen, who identified his son, 15-year-old Mekel, as the victim who was shot and killed.
Mekel Queen, the eldest of five children, attended Sandalwood High School and harbored dreams of becoming a businessman one day, according to his father.
“Since I’m completely blind... his passion was trying to become a barber. That’s where we would have most of our talks... I let him cut my hair and practice on me,” Queen revealed.
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Donnell Queen told Gibson that gun violence in the city of Jacksonville needs to stop.
“I just feel like violence of any type it’s just uncalled for. I know in today’s generation gun violence is at an all-time high everywhere in the world, but I definitely want justice for my son.”
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