Amir Bostic was 16 when he was shot and killed in Jacksonville’s Sandalwood neighborhood on December 12, 2025. The shooting happened on a Friday night and authorities believe it occurred during a drug transaction; two others were wounded, one a teenager and the other an adult male.

Amir had moved to Sandalwood with his mother in August and was a new student at Sandalwood High School. Family members remembered him as sweet, kindhearted and a gamer; his sister said he was the glue of the family and his grandfather described him as more of a follower than a leader. Neighbors’ surveillance footage captured multiple gunshots and reportedly shows a person walking away then returning to fire additional shots. Amir was found lying in the road, taken to a hospital and later died; his family learned of his death by phone.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating and as of late December 2025 no arrests have been announced. Did anyone in Sandalwood see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?