JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Family members of 14-year-old Henry Atkins are saying their goodbyes after he was shot and killed last week.
Police say the teenager was behind a closed day care off Ricker Road near Indian Lakes Drive when he was shot on Sept. 12. Investigators say three minors were brought in for questioning after flagging down a passerby to take Henry to a fire station.
“He’s going to be missed, very much. I call him Henry the Great because God instilled in him greatness, and he was a great young man,” Audrey Ross, Henry's grandmother, said.
Ross, who Henry called Memaw, remembers her last conversation with her grandson.
“He said, 'Memaw,' I said, 'Yes baby.' He said, 'I love you,' I said, 'I love you, too,'” she said.
JSO tells Action News Jax it’s an ongoing investigation.
“An arrest will be made and justice will be served,” Ross said.