Carlos Alberto Nieves-Rivera, 31, was fatally shot inside his apartment in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 22, 2025. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene; he was found with multiple gunshot wounds at an apartment complex on Firestone Road, directly across from Westside High School.

Authorities arrested 16-year-old Alex Reddice, a student at Westside High School, and charged him with murder and robbery. Witnesses at the scene identified Reddice as the shooter; reports say an altercation took place between him and Nieves-Rivera that morning. Investigators recovered a sizeable quantity of marijuana, cash, and other illegal narcotics from the apartment. Family and neighbors had said Nieves-Rivera frequently allowed local teenagers to gather at his home and had recently planned to ask them to stop.

Westside High School was briefly placed on lockdown as a precaution while police secured the area; officials stressed the crime was not directly related to the school. The case remains under investigation and legal proceedings are pending.