Raynard Hayward was 19 when he was shot and killed on February 22, 2019, on West 16th Street in the Durkeeville neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. The shooting reportedly began as a dispute over a girl. Witnesses said Deonta Clark, known as Lil D, pulled a gun and shot Hayward multiple times, including after Hayward had fallen to the ground. A friend of Hayward’s returned fire and struck Clark in the arm. Both men were taken to UF Health Jacksonville; Hayward later died of his injuries.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested 22-year-old Deonta Clark and charged him with second-degree murder and carrying a concealed weapon. Investigators recovered surveillance video showing Clark bleeding and holding a gun and found a bloody firearm behind a house where Clark had been seen fleeing. Police said the shooting was not gang-related; a second gunman was identified and a warrant was issued for that person on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Hayward had recently graduated from Jean Ribault Senior High School and is survived by his mother, Antoinette Hayward.

Did anyone in the Durkeeville area see the shooting or have information about the second gunman?