Jacksonville dad found dead after child reports shooting

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 Monday, Sharon Kirkland-Vaughn and Gale Williams visited the home where they lost their friend of 40 years.

“He was a great guy, great heart, great-hearted person,” Kirkland-Vaughn said.

They said Duncan was a community pastor who loved this area and the people in it.

“All he talked about was making Jacksonville better,” Williams said.  “What can we do to make Jacksonville better?’ Who would want to hurt someone like that?”

Also Monday, Duncan’s family members removed items from the home.  Among the items removed were clothes and a backpack which appeared to belong to the 10-year-old son.

“How could you do something like that around someone’s children?” Williams said.  “Now you just damaged a child. You’ve already torn up the family, but now you’ve brought a child into this.”

A Jacksonville child is staying with family members after his father was shot and killed on Monday.

The 10-year-old son called 911 to get help for Johnny Duncan, 49, who was found dead inside a home in Moncrief.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said they received a call from a child saying someone came into their house and shot his dad.

Upon arrival, the child led officers to a back bedroom inside the home, located in the 1140 block of West 26th Street, where they found a man visibly shot, laying on the floor.

Family tells Action News Jax that Duncan was also a grandfather and his wife had been in the hospital and was not home at the time of the shooting.

Authorities have no suspect information at this time.

Anyone with information on the deadly shooting is asked to call police or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845- Tips to remain anonymous. 

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