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Sheriff: Man Apparently Killed In Self-Defense

POSTED: Monday, May 18, 2009
UPDATED: 3:51 pm EDT May 18, 2009

Nassau County detectives are investigating after a man found shot Friday evening died of his wounds.

Deputies called to a home on Robin Hood Drive at 6:43 p.m. Friday found Lonnie Tanner III lying in a doorway with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Tanner was transported to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he later died.

Detectives believe Tanner was shot in self-defense, but released no other details about the circumstances surrounding his death.
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