On the evening of May 10, 2025, 69-year-old Russell Whipple was found on Dorothea Road on Jacksonville’s Southside with multiple gunshot wounds after a reported shooting at about 9 p.m. Emergency crews from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department transported him to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified and arrested 45-year-old Timothy Cherry in connection with the shooting; Cherry was booked into Duval County Jail on charges of murder and attempted murder. Reports say a second person was also targeted, though that person’s identity has not been released. Witness statements helped point investigators to Cherry, and the Sheriff’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office and the Medical Examiner’s Office are continuing the investigation. No motive has been announced.

If anyone on Jacksonville’s Southside has information about what happened on Dorothea Road that night, please come forward to investigators.