JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two men and a woman were found fatally stabbed early Thursday morning in a neighborhood in the Normandy Estates area of Jacksonville’s Westside, police said.
Lt. Chris Stephens with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit said officers responded just before 4 a.m. to Exodus Way after reports that someone had been stabbed.
Stephens said the officers found a man suffering from a potential stab wound, and paramedics rushed him to a hospital, where he died.
Stephens said officers kept looking around the area and found another man and a woman at a nearby home, both dead from potential stab wounds.
Stephens said the three adults are related, and it appears a fight might have happened in the home, and then one of the men tried to get to a neighbor’s home for help.
That’s when police were called, he said.
Stephens said one of them was in his late 40s, the other was in his 30s and the woman was in her 20s. He did not indicate how the three were related.
A neighbor who asked not to be identified told News4JAX reporter Briana Brownlee the deadly incident has him on edge.
“It’s sad because my wife comes in and out. I don’t drive anymore, but I’m to the point now -- I just told her this morning when she leaves here and then she’s coming back that night, I want to know what time she’s coming in where I can be standing at the door with my gun,” he said. “I want to protect her. I don’t want nobody to hurt her.”
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call JSO at 904-630-0500 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.
Resources
If you or someone you know is or has been a victim of domestic violence or abuse, here’s a list of resources available:
- Hubbard House Hotline (904) 354-3114 or Textline (904) 210-3698
- The Florida Domestic Violence Hotline, which will direct you to the nearest shelter, is 1-800-500-1119.
- The National Domestic Violence Hotline is open 24 hours a day. The number is 1-800-799-SAFE.
- The Micah’s Place (Nassau County) Domestic Violence Help Hotline is 904-225-9979.
- The Quigley House (Clay County) hotline is 904-284-0061. https://www.quigleyhouse.org/.
- The Betty Griffin Center (St. Johns County) can be reached at 904-824-1555.