Jacksonville man pleads guilty to murder of UNF student

A man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend in Jacksonville will spend a minimum of 40 years in state prison.

Jarod Matthew Miller pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed robbery, charges that carry a 40-year minimum mandatory sentence.

Miller is accused of shooting and killing former University of North Florida student Nicholas Hare on August 28, 2015.

Police said he broke into his ex-girlfriends home and shot Hare, 34.

Miller then shot himself. He was in critical condition at the hospital after the shooting.

Miller and Hare's girlfriend had been in a relationship for nine years.

They broke up 3½ years before the shooting, officers said.

Hare was finishing an engineering degree at UNF.

His mother said her son was a great student who always made the Dean’s List, and he was looking forward to finishing school to start working.

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