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<\/p>\nSteven Dodson Jr., the man accused of shooting and killing a 2-year-old boy in Jacksonville late last month, was in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, among other charges.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s accused of shooting two-year-old A\u2019mahri Robinson on March 22.<\/p>\n
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2-year-old A’mahri Robinson was shot and killed Sunday (March 22, 2026) during a domestic dispute in Jacksonville’s Hillcrest neighborhood.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The toddler\u2019s family claims Dodson shot A\u2019mahri on purpose.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll accept a plea of not guilty at this time,\u201d Judge Jonathan Sacks said.<\/p>\n Dodson was led into Courtroom 608, shackled and wearing a green jumpsuit. There were five charges leveled against him:<\/p>\n Attempted murder in the second-degree<\/p>\n Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon<\/p>\n RELATED: Accused killer of 2-year-old denied bond as family speaks out<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking of children, he cannot have contact with two via a court order \u2013 the unnamed children\u2019s relationship to him is unclear.<\/p>\n But that contact would be highly unlikely anyway since he has no bond on the most serious charges he faces. Likewise, the judge emphasized there should be no contact with others related to the case, even through a third party.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no contact with witnesses and also includes the victims or witnesses. LJ and LM,\u201d Sacks said to Dodson.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Action News Jax told you when police arrested 21-year-old Dodson on March 23 for allegedly killing A\u2019mahri following a manhunt<\/a> led by the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office and U.S. Marshals.<\/p>\n A police report said the toddler\u2019s mother was holding him when he was shot.<\/p>\n The report also revealed that Dodson was the child\u2019s stepfather.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n A\u2019mahri\u2019s family maintains that his stepdad, Dodson, purposefully shot him.<\/p>\n The court is aiming for a speedy trial beginning October 5.<\/p>\n Dodson is due back in court on May 14 for a pre-trial hearing.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Dodson Jr., the man accused of shooting and killing a 2-year-old boy in Jacksonville late last month,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[761,116,118,117,1415,104164,93648],"class_list":["post-233308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-free-action-news-jax","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","tag-jonathan-sacks","tag-steven-dodson-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233308","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=233308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}