Man finds roommate shot to death at Westside mobile home park, police say

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Jacksonville constabulary were called Wednesday to analyse a decease connected the Westside. (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A antheral recovered his roommate changeable to decease Wednesday greeting astatine a mobile location parkland successful the Jacksonville Heights South vicinity connected the Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

JSO Sgt. Steve Rudlaff said constabulary responded astir 8 a.m. to the mobile location parkland connected 103rd Street adjacent Connie Jean Road aft receiving a 911 telephone from a antheral who said helium had conscionable arrived location from enactment and recovered his roommate bleeding and unresponsive.

Rudlaff said the roommate, who constabulary described arsenic a antheral betwixt 35 and 40 years old, died astatine the scene. According to Rudlaff, the opening of the probe revealed helium was changeable wrong the residence.

“Right now, we judge from the country itself, it could beryllium an isolated incident, but, obviously, determination is simply a menace to the assemblage due to the fact that idiosyncratic is murdered astatine this residence,” Rudlaff said. “So we bash person idiosyncratic that is connected the escaped and they conscionable committed a murder.”

Detectives are canvassing the country and checking for immoderate witnesses oregon surveillance video. There are signs successful the vicinity saying determination are information cameras.

“We didn’t perceive immoderate gunshots astatine all,” said neighbour Matthew Ferst.

Ferst has lived successful the vicinity for 7 years and said it’s typically quiet.

“We don’t ever spot thing similar this I tin archer you that,” Ferst said.

Neighbors similar Ferst told News4JAX that it’s unnerving that determination was a deadly shooting.

“This ne'er happens, truthful I would accidental much tense than scared,” Ferst said.

Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone the Sheriff’s Office astatine 904-630-0500. To stay anonymous, interaction Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-845-TIPS (8477).