JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After a historic drop to 82 homicides reported in Jacksonville in 2024, the numbers ticked back up over 100 in 2025, including 11 fatal police-involved shootings.
But one number the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported was remarkably low: As of Dec. 9, only one of the city’s homicides was considered gang or group-affiliated, according to Sheriff T.K. Waters.
That one was among the most high-profile murders in Jacksonville last year: the shooting death of 7-year-old Breon Allen Jr. on Jan. 24 as he walked to a store with his cousin, who was also shot but survived…