On the morning of November 20, 2024, 69-year-old Garry Charles Bartlett Sr. was found shot to death in his Jacksonville, Florida, home on Fawn Lake Drive. His 27-year-old son, Garry Bartlett Jr., called 911 about 8 a.m., told the dispatcher he had shot his father and said he had placed the firearm in a back bedroom. Officers found Bartlett Jr. waiting in the front yard and discovered Bartlett Sr. on the living room floor with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators recovered a Springfield Armory 9mm handgun on a bed in a back bedroom and 12 spent 9mm casings in the living room; a spent 9mm casing and one live round were found on Bartlett Jr. When questioned, Bartlett Jr. confessed, saying he had waited several hours in his room after a threatening comment the night before, then retrieved a gun and found his father asleep on the couch. He also alleged historical sexual assault by his father, an allegation police said had not been previously documented.

Anyone who knew the Bartlett family or witnessed events at the Fawn Lake Drive residence around that date is asked to share what they know.