Gavin Tyler Rickard, 19, was fatally shot on April 2, 2024, on Pritmore Road in the Mandarin neighborhood of Jacksonville. Police found Rickard lying dead on the sidewalk between two apartment buildings after a 10:10 p.m. call reporting a person shot. He had arrived home around 10 p.m. and gone to his porch to smoke tobacco when multiple gunshots were heard; his girlfriend, who had earlier felt uneasy after seeing a neighbor staring at her, discovered him.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office found several shell casings, blood, a smoking device, and bullet strikes on the victim’s porch. Detectives identified 33-year-old Wilkins Dessalines as a suspect, detained him for questioning, executed a search warrant at his apartment and recovered several firearms, including two 9mm handguns. Dessalines was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Rickard’s death.

Rickard is survived by his mother, stepfather, father, stepmother, siblings, girlfriend and other relatives. Does anyone have information about the events that night or about the people who lived at that apartment complex?