{"id":204017,"date":"2026-03-24T15:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:07:11","slug":"florida-man-arrested-after-2-year-old-boy-shot-to-death-during-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204017\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested after 2-year-old boy shot to death during dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dodson-main-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Courtesy: Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida<\/a> man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 2-year-old boy.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, shortly before midnight on Sunday, 21-year-old Steven Dodson Jr. was involved in a dispute at an apartment on Labelle Street near Cassat Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">During that dispute, investigators said a gun went off, and a 2-year-old boy was killed.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Investigators stated that Dodson fled the scene, and a manhunt ensued.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Dodson was captured within 24 hours with the help of Jacksonville officers, detectives, and U.S. Marshals and arrested.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">He is facing charges of:<\/p>\n<p> MurderAttempted murderChild endangermentTampering with evidencePossession of a firearm by a convicted felon <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">It is unclear what, if any, relationship Dodson had with the victim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">In a post on social media, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office wrote, &#8220;This is a heartbreaking case, and our thoughts remain with the child\u2019s family. Justice is in motion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information posted on social media by the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8211; A Florida man has been arrested in connection with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,47,28,30,29,115,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-204017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}