JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police investigated a shooting death Friday night in the Moncrief neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
Officers responded just before 10 p.m. to Ida Street just off Lem Turner Road. They 33-year-old Roderick Melvin Smith lying in the front yard with a gunshot wound, according to JSO. Officers tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police say they are talking to people who were inside the home at the time of the shooting.
At this time police say there is no information on the shooter.