Jacksonville NAACP questions a judge’s denial of Stand Your Ground immunity for two men charged in a 2025 Macclenny shooting that killed Devin Powers Jr. Mothers fear life sentences as appeals continue.

Over a four-year span, from 2021 until 2024, Jacksonville had a larger share of its homicides classified as justifiable killings by civilians than any other city or county with a population greater than 500,000, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal.

The Marion County woman featured in Netflix’s documentary “The Perfect Neighbor“ who fatally shot a mother of four is now threatening a defamation lawsuit against the victim’s children, recently filed court records show. Susan Lorincz is serving a 25-year prison sentence for manslaughter after a jury convicted her of killing Ajike Owens during a neighborhood dispute in 2023.

A 16-year-old shot twice after ringing the doorbell at the wrong home is recovering, but has a long road ahead of him. Attorneys for the family of Ralph Yarl said he suffered a brain injury in the shooting.

When the defense rested its case Thursday morning in a stand-your-ground hearing in St. Johns County court, the man charged with manslaughter in the May 2021 shooting death of Adam Amoia had opted not to take the stand.

Crucial surveillance video of the May 2021 shooting death of Adam Amoia continued to be the focus of attention Wednesday in a hearing to determine whether a manslaughter charge should be dropped in the case.

Testimony continued Tuesday in a hearing for a man accused of manslaughter in the death of another man outside a bar in St. Augustine.

Attorneys for a man accused of manslaughter in the death of another man outside a bar in St. Augustine are trying to get the charge dropped.

The defense plans to play surveillance video in its bid to have the manslaughter charge against Luis Casado dismissed.

A judge has scheduled a “stand your ground hearing” for November in the deadly shooting of Adam Amoia, a man who investigators said was killed during an altercation last year outside now-closed Dos Gatos in St. Augustine.

A “stand your ground” petition has been filed in the deadly shooting of Adam Amoia, a man who investigators say was killed during an altercation outside Dos Gatos in St. Augustine.

The proposal titled “anti-mob legislation draft” would expand the list of “forcible felonies” under Florida’s self-defense law to include property crimes. “We don’t want to see our cities burning like across the nation without consequences, so Gov. Meanwhile, a rally to protest the proposal is planned for 1 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Duval County Courthouse. The first survey question by AP VoteCast found 42% of Florida voters surveyed have a gun in their household. Only 32% of Joe Biden voters have a gun in their house compared to 51% of President Donald Trump voters.

The manslaughter trial of a Florida man who claims self-defense under the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law began Wednesday in Pinellas County. Michael Drejka, 49, told authorities he was defending himself when he fatally shot a man who had pushed him to the ground in a handicapped parking spot dispute. Drejka approached Jacobs and the two argued over the car being parked in a handicapped spot without a visible permit, authorities said. McGlockton emerged from the store, saw Drejka arguing with his girlfriend, and shoved the man, who hit the ground, officials said. The statute was also claimed by George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012.