Gregory Sangle Jr. is charged with second-degree murder and felony possession of a bulletproof vest in the death of Arthur George.

One man was killed and another was injured during a fight late Tuesday night in the Golden Glades area off Hodges Boulevard, police said.

Jacksonville reported 158 homicides in 2023 -- with 126 of those classified as murders -- a decrease of 6% from the year before.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is spotlighting a case from 1997 in hopes of finding the person who shot and killed Marlon Harris in the road.

Jacksonville experienced a significant dip in its violent crime numbers last year, but hopes that the drop might be a chance to trend in the right direction are dwindling midway through 2022.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite the ongoing pandemic keeping the community in lockdown for part of the year, Jacksonville continued an unsettling trend of rising homicide rates connected to gun violence in 2020. According to News4Jax records, 176 men, women, teenagers and children in Jacksonville saw their lives cut short by violence in 2020. That’s up from 162 homicides reported in 2019. At least 152 of the city’s homicides involved a gun, up more than 22% from 2019, when the city saw 124 of its homicides involve a firearm. Altogether, 31 female victims lost their lives in 2020, including 10 in domestic violence incidents.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 37-year-old man was shot dead just before midnight Tuesday in the Oak Hill area of Jacksonville’s Westside, police said. Officers were called to the shooting on Wilmar Road, off Jammes Road, south of 103rd Street, around 11:30 p.m. Witnesses told police two suspects dressed in black ran up and shot the man, then drove off in a burnt orange or red, small SUV with dark-tinted windows and silver rims. Detectives are interviewing witnesses and looking for video surveillance to track down the gunmen. Anyone with information about the deadly shooting is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.

Despite efforts from city leaders to shift the culture -- particularly in neighborhoods prone to violence -- Jacksonville recorded the highest murder total the city has seen over the last two decades. Family members said the 15-year-old was walking to a Burger King in Northwest Jacksonville when he was shot to death. Just four homicides were reported in the 32209 ZIP code in the last three months of the year. News4Jax has worked to find pictures of each of the year’s homicide victims, whenever possible, to put faces with the numbers. If you know the name of a homicide victim who is not named on our map or have a photo of a victim, please email webteam@wjxt.com, and we will update our database.