JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A friend and a family member told News4JAX that two of the three people who were fatally stabbed Thursday morning on the westside were a 27-year-old woman and her stepfather.
Lt. Chris Stephens with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit said officers responded just before 4 a.m. to Exodus Way after reports that someone had been stabbed.
Stephens said the officers found a man suffering from a potential stab wound, and paramedics rushed him to a hospital, where he died.
Stephens said officers kept looking around the area and found another man and a woman at a nearby home, both dead from potential stab wounds.
Stephens said the three adults are related, and it appears a fight might have happened in the home, and then one of the men tried to get to a neighbor’s home for help.
That’s when police were called, he said.
A neighbor captured a cideo that shows the blood smeared on a porch, door, and doorbell.
Stephens said one of them was in his late 40s, the other was in his 30s and the woman was in her 20s.
“I’m in a lot of shock, to be honest, my mind is blank,” Misty Garcia said. “I feel so much guilt for not being able to open the door for that person. I have medical training, I could’ve done something.”
A neighbor who asked not to be identified told News4JAX reporter Briana Brownlee the deadly incident has him on edge.
“It’s sad because my wife comes in and out. I don’t drive anymore, but I’m to the point now -- I just told her this morning when she leaves here and then she’s coming back that night, I want to know what time she’s coming in where I can be standing at the door with my gun,” he said. “I want to protect her. I don’t want nobody to hurt her.”
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call JSO at 904-630-0500 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.
Resources
If you or someone you know is or has been a victim of domestic violence or abuse, here’s a list of resources available:
- Hubbard House Hotline (904) 354-3114 or Textline (904) 210-3698
- The Florida Domestic Violence Hotline, which will direct you to the nearest shelter, is 1-800-500-1119.
- The National Domestic Violence Hotline is open 24 hours a day. The number is 1-800-799-SAFE.
- The Micah’s Place (Nassau County) Domestic Violence Help Hotline is 904-225-9979.
- The Quigley House (Clay County) hotline is 904-284-0061. https://www.quigleyhouse.org/.
- The Betty Griffin Center (St. Johns County) can be reached at 904-824-1555.