Hannah Critchfield

It's a lot harder when people are reticent to talk to police for whatever reason.

Yes.

So he says that the two of them agreed that, based upon the known facts, Kalian Fedrick was the primary aggressor and was shot and killed by, presumably, Anthony Jean-Pierre in self-defense.

You know...

One of the things that I found most fascinating over the course of this reporting is learning that you can have a justifiable homicide without a person claiming self-defense.

You don't need to have someone come forward.

Mm-hmm.

It's a good question.

I think that one of the big things that our reporting shows in this is that the decision to categorize something as justifiable and not pursue murder or manslaughter charges is discretionary.

He said that he hadn't heard from law enforcement about where the investigation was at.

He had no idea if it was opened or closed.

And when I spoke with him, was adamant that he didn't know anything, you know, that he got shot and he ran.

He ran for his life.

For decades now, Jacksonville, it's made headlines as the murder capital of Florida.

And this is a designation that...

Area leaders have worked to change, you know, reducing the murder rate is an important priority.

Once something is deemed a justifiable homicide, it's considered a case that can clear and no homicide charges are filed because justifiable homicides aren't crimes.

They aren't included in murder rate statistics.

They move into a separate category.

Because they're not a crime, they're not factored in into a city's overall murder rate.