Jacksonville Beach police: 2 teens arrested in Fourth of July slaying

Jacksonville Beach police say two teenagers have been arrested in the shooting death of a 23-year-old man.

Kejuan Marques Jones, 16, and Darius Kenard Jackson, 17, face second-degree murder, attempted murder and armed robbery charges in the death of Glen McNeil Jr.

McNeil died after he was shot outside the Jacksonville Beach bars in the early-morning hours of July 5.

Javoris Price was charged with murder and armed robbery earlier this month.

Police said witnesses identified Price as a suspect days after the shooting.

He was booked at the jail on Aug. 21 after police searched his Facebook account and found photos and messages revealing Price was in possession of firearms, according to an arrest report.

Price was previously adjudicated as a juvenile delinquent and was not allowed to possess a firearm before his 24th birthday.

An arrest warrant for McNeil's death was served to Price at the jail on Nov. 6.

Price's arrest warrant said witnesses saw several people open fire on McNeil.

Video posted to Facebook shows McNeil got into a fight with someone outside Surfer The Bar at some point before the shooting.

The fight ended and McNeil and the man "hugged it out," a witness told police.

The arrest warrant says several people, including Price, were taunting McNeil during and after the fight.

One of the people in the group tried to take McNeil's backpack from him.

The warrant says a man wearing a camouflage hat, later identified as Price, ripped a necklace from McNeil's neck.

According to the arrest warrant, Price told McNeil, "You don't want any of this. You don't want to mess with us."

McNeil followed the group and asked them to give back the necklace as they walked down First Street.

McNeil stopped following the group but then walked back toward them with his right hand in his backpack.

Witnesses told police they heard a woman yell, "He got a gun. He got a gun," then 10 to 12 gunshots.

One witness saw up to three people shoot at McNeil, according to the warrant. Price continued to shoot at McNeil as he fled to the Walgreens near Third Street, witnesses said.

A bullet hit McNeil is the torso near his shoulder. He was taken to Memorial Hospital, where he died.

Officers said there are no other suspects in McNeil's death.

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