On September 26, 2023, 28-year-old Demetrius Dunn of Jacksonville was shot on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway on the city’s Eastside. A 911 caller first reported people in two vehicles exchanging gunfire around 11 a.m.; a subsequent call said someone had been shot inside a vehicle that then crashed near 3rd and Bridier streets. Dunn’s family identified him as the person taken to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says it has no motive and is actively searching for a suspect. Dunn’s family disputes the characterization of the incident as a shootout, insisting he was murdered. They remembered him as a loving, committed family member who supported relatives after the death of his grandmother. The JSO asks anyone with information to call the non-emergency number or report anonymously through CrimeStoppers.

Does anyone have information about Dunn, the crash near 3rd and Bridier, or the vehicles involved that could help investigators?