The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office have identified the man found dead in the Pecan Park neighborhood of north Jacksonville Monday night as Billy Gene Maddox, 58.
Officers were called around 9 p.m. to a shooting at the 500 block of Bernard Road.
JSO said that Maddox was shot and killed but they have no details yet regarding the death.
This is an active investigation according to police. They do not believe it was a suicide.
JSO Pecan Park deadly shooting briefingLIVE: JSO gives update on deadly shooting in Pecan Park. What we know: http://bit.ly/2D18Dlu
Posted by Action News Jax on Monday, March 5, 2018
Detectives still arriving. One woman pulled up, told an officer she was worried about her grandmother, who lives down the road. Overheard him say her grandmother had "nothing to worry about." @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/yUhd3PVKgy
— Kevin Clark (@KClark_News) March 6, 2018
Bernard Rd is blocked off, as JSO investigates a death. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/P6Nsd1GUw2
— Kevin Clark (@KClark_News) March 6, 2018
BREAKING: #JSO investigating undetermined death in 500 block of Bernard Rd. @KevinANjax is on the way to the scene. UPDATES on FOX30 AT 10 & CBS47 at 11 @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/JygKagoXTd
— Tenikka Smith Hughes (@TenikkaANjax) March 6, 2018
.@KevinANjax is headed to the scene: https://t.co/JF3BtxL4LQ https://t.co/YEh2MyZP00
— ActionNewsJax (@ActionNewsJax) March 6, 2018
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