Amarion Mitchell, 22, was shot on May 26, 2025, outside his apartment at the Westwood Apartments on Lane Avenue South in Jacksonville’s Westside/Normandy Village area. Officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds; Jacksonville Fire and Rescue took him to a hospital in critical condition, and he died several days later. Public memorial listings and funeral records give his full name as Amarion D’Andre Mitchell and confirm the date of the shooting and his death shortly afterward.

Within a week of the shooting, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified a suspect. Police and local reports name 22-year-old Muhammad Thomas; Thomas was already in the Duval County jail on an unrelated charge when an arrest warrant in Mitchell’s killing was issued. Thomas was charged with murder and remained jailed as of early June 2025. Authorities have not released a motive.

If anyone saw activity around the Westwood Apartments on or after May 26, 2025, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known.