Son charged with murder in father’s shooting death on Jacksonville’s Southside

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 27-year-old Jacksonville man is in Duval County jail charged with shooting his father to death. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was called to a home at about 8 a.m. Wednesday in the 7000 block of Fawn Lake Drive for a report of a shooting.

Officers arrived at the scene and found Garry Bartlett Sr., 69, dead from multiple gun wounds, a JSO news release states. After examining evidence at the scene, Bartlett’s son, Garry Bartlett Jr., was arrested and charged with murder.

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