JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Detectives are sharing new evidence from a deadly shooting at a North Jacksonville Amazon center.
Detectives say 22-year-old Daisean Biffle shot and killed Ebony Nicholas, a 22-year-old mother of two.
Police say both worked at the facility. According to Nicholas’ father, John Hagan, Nicholas and Biffle shared two young boys together.
Hagan tells Action News Jax he wants Amazon to step up its security measures.
A newly-released 911 call gives a glimpse into what went on inside the Amazon facility on September 29, 2020.
“Jacksonville 911, state your emergency,” the 911 operator said on the line.
“Somebody’s inside the building shooting,” the caller said.
Security video shows Nicholas in a black shirt. Police say the man in the red hoodie is Biffle.
In the video, the two appear to be talking when Biffle makes a quick movement toward Nicholas.
She appears to run away, and, moments later detectives say Biffle fatally shoots Nicholas, then turns the gun on himself in an attempted suicide.
According to a police report, earlier that morning the two had a domestic incident.
Nicholas’ father wants Amazon to step it up when it comes to safety.
“It still can happen, what happened to my daughter,” he said. “They can still bring stuff in there,” Hagan explained.
Action News Jax Law and Safety Expert Dale Carson says Amazon is required to give employees a safe working environment.
Carson says because of a previous shooting at the same facility three months earlier, Amazon has a greater responsibility to keep its employees safe. “A facility that has potential violence and it’s historic... you know there’s a potential problem in that particular neighborhood,” Carson said, adding, “It’s required for you to provide additional security to prevent that from happening again.”
Action News Jax asked Amazon if the company has updated its security measures as employees enter its facilities.
We will update this story when we get a response from the company.
In the meantime, Hagan will continue sharing his daughter’s story until changes are made. “I want something to be done, for other people’s safety at other Amazons. I’m gonna keep pushing,” Hagan said. Hagan doesn’t want what happened to Nicholas to happen to anyone else ever again.
Biffle will face a judge July 22 for his final pre-trial hearing. Hagan wants Biffle behind bars for life.
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