Hannah Critchfield

The rumor is that they heard that Kalia and Frederick planned to rob someone during a drug deal and that...

The 16-year-old was shot and killed by someone who got shot in the hands.

No, they ultimately told us that no witnesses, no direct witnesses came forward in this case.

And, you know, this is something that came up a lot in our reporting on civilian justifiable homicides is that it is...

much harder to solve a homicide investigation when it occurred in a community that might be distrustful of police or fear retaliation from other actors within the community who are shopping at the same grocery stores, maybe attending the same churches as they are.

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...