Jacksonville Man Charged With Murder 11 Months After 24-Year-Old Fatally Shot

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 20-year-old man already being held in the Duval County Jail on an unrelated armed robbery case has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man nearly a year ago, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Jamari Wyche was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 2, in connection with the death of Javaris Perkins.

The homicide investigation began Oct. 1, 2025, when Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office patrol officers responded to a local hospital after Perkins had been dropped off with a gunshot wound to his chest…

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