ORANGE PARK, Fla. — A man is in Clay County jail following the shooting death of a person Saturday in Orange Park. John Thigpen is charged with second-degree murder of 35-year-old Napoleon Brown in the 500 block of Constitution Drive. Thigpen called deputies to a residence there to report a shooting, according to a news release from the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found the victim on the kitchen floor with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body. Investigators learned that Thigpen shot the man, the news release states adding that the two knew each other and were in a dispute before the shooting.
The sheriff's office did not release a motive.
"It's unfortunate that an incident like this between two friends has to cost a person their life," Sheriff Michelle Cook stated in the news release.
In a statement to First Coast News Brown's friend said the two men were close and had "had been friends for years."
The friend said Brown was killed during his birthday week.
