JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Weeks after a deadly shooting on Jacksonville’s Westside, police announced Sunday that a man has been charged with murder in the case.
Muhammad Abdullah Benbenu, 23, is charged with murder in the deadly shooting of a 25-year-old man on Oct. 11 near the intersection of Detroit Street and West 3rd Street.
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Police responded the day of the shooting and found the man, who had been shot “at an unknown location.” He was taken to a hospital, where he ultimately died from his injuries.
News4JAX later learned the man was 25-year-old Tyron Steward.
According to JSO, detectives with the homicide unit learned the shooting had taken place on Detroit Street near West 1st Street, and developed a person of interest, who was later identified as the shooting suspect.
A warrant was obtained for Benbenu and investigators found he was already in jail on a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. He was re-arrested Dec. 1 on the murder charge.