JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An arrest warrant has been served on a teenager already incarcerated at the Duval County Jail, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office posted on X Wednesday, as the teen is accused of killing his father with another teen in 2022, then killing that teen three days later.
The warrant for Shane Payne Jr., 17, lists charges of two counts of second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, according to police.
JSO says Payne Jr. is currently jailed on "unrelated" charges.
On Aug. 3, 2022, officers responded to the 6800 block of Sandle Drive in reference to a shooting, according to a news release. When officers arrived, Shane Payne was located inside his home, the release states, suffering from "multiple gunshot wounds," and was pronounced dead on scene.
On Aug. 6, 2022, JSO says officers responded to the 4800 block of Ortega Farms Boulevard in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, police say Timothy Dixon, 16, was found suffering from a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital where he died.
The arrest report said Dixon received four calls from Payne within an hour and cell phone records show he was inside the home. Phone records also showed a significant correspondence between Payne Jr. and Dixon the day of Payne Sr.'s murder.
The report said a camera on A. Phillip Randolph Boulevard from Aug. 13, 2022 showed Payne Jr. firing into a crowd and not hitting anyone. He pled guilty to a charge of carrying a concealed firearm and his adjudication was withheld. The report said the last school Payne Jr. attended was Riverside High.
"Based on a review of the available evidence on scene, and following interviews conducted by Homicide Detectives, it was revealed that these two investigations were linked," JSO said in the release.
As a result, the sheriff's office says Dixon "was identified as the suspect who was responsible for killing Shane Payne with the assistance of Shane Payne Jr., who helped facilitate the actions of Timothy Dixon."
Furthermore, the release says Shane Payne Jr. "was then identified as the suspect who was responsible for killing Timothy Dixon three days later."
First Coast News crime and safety expert, Ken Jefferson, said Payne Jr. was tying up loose ends.
"When he [Payne Jr.] killed Timothy Dixon, who killed his father, he wanted to kill the witness," Jefferson said.
The arrest report doesn't outline how JSO zeroed in on Payne Jr. as its suspect and most of it is heavily redacted.
"A person can be incarcerated, and they can be implicated in another crime while they're incarcerated. Once police get information that's related to that, they'll follow up on it, they always do," Jefferson said.
