Teen arrested in deadly Westside shooting

Victim shot near business stumbled into parking lot, witness said

Booking photo of Calvin Griffin (Courtesy of JSO)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in a deadly shooting July 11 on Jacksonville’s Westside, police said.

A witness told News4Jax a man was fatally shot before stumbling into the parking lot of the Take 5 Oil Change at the corner of 103rd Street and Tampico Road, which is east of 1-295.

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Police said the man died at a hospital.

Investigators later identified the suspected shooter as Calvin Lamont Griffin, 17, and he was charged with second-degree murder Friday.

Police have not released the name of the victim, but JSO’s homicide database shows that he was 23 years old.


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