JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — A woman is in Duval County jail following a shooting Sunday night near the Jacksonville Beach Pier. Police were dispatched to Oku Restaurant, 502 1st St., at around 9:10 p.m. in reference to a person shot. When officers arrived they found a man lying on the sidewalk bleeding from his head, a Jacksonville Beach police report states. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Witnesses told police they saw the victim fighting in front of the restaurant with another person wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, the report states. Oku employees broke up the fight and the victim ran across the street towards the 100 block of 4th Avenue N and the person wearing the red hooded sweatshirt followed him, the report states.
Several gunshots were fired and witnesses said they saw the victim, bleeding from several parts of his body, go back towards the restaurant where he collapsed, the report states.
Multiple witnesses told police the person wearing the red hooded sweatshirt was Akiya Price, 28. Police showed witnesses a picture of Price and they also confirmed she was the shooter, the report states.
As one of the witnesses helped the man who was shot, the victim stated, "Akiyah Price, Akiyah Price, she did this," the report states.
The Jacksonville Beach General Investigations Unit and SWAT team arrested Price for murder at her residence on 1100 block of Beach Dune Drive in Jacksonville Beach at approximately 2:54 a.m. Monday.
After Price was taken into custody, investigators found one bullet casing outside her front door that appeared to match the caliber found at the crime scene, according to the report.
Price made her first appearance in Duval County Circuit Court Monday afternoon where a judge set her bond at none.
The judge added that Price violated probation for a misdemeanor battery charge from a separate case in June 2023, and will need to go before a judge in that case.
Price's next court date is set for October 17, 2023.