JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A 29-year-old man who has been charged in a triple shooting on Jacksonville\u2019s Northside that killed his 4-year-old daughter and critically injured his 2-year-old daughter and the girls\u2019 mother has been indicted on new charges of aggravated child abuse. <\/p>\n
Trudale Reed is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on Aug. 25 and the trial is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2027. Reed now faces the following charges: <\/p>\n
Count 1: Murder in the first-degree<\/p>\n
Count 2: Attempted murder in the first-degree with a weapon, domestic in nature (No bond)<\/p>\n
Count 3: Attempted murder in the first-degree with a weapon, domestic in nature (No bond)<\/p>\n
Count 4: Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officers <\/p>\n
Count 5: Shooting or throwing deadly missiles ($250,003)<\/p>\n
County 6: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon <\/p>\n
Count 7: Grand theft auto <\/p>\n
Count 8: Armed aggravated child abuse<\/p>\n
Count 9: Armed aggravated child abuse <\/p>\n
Because he was denied bond on the murder and attempted murder charges, Reed will remain in jail pending trial. He has been ordered to have no contact with witnesses or victims.<\/p>\n
What happened<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said that officers responded to a home on Traci Lynn Drive last month and found a 27-year-old woman and her two young girls suffering gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The woman\u2019s 4-year-old daughter died at the scene. She and her toddler daughter were taken to local hospitals with life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n
Investigators said they learned that Trudale Reed, the girls\u2019 father, was arguing outside the home with the girls\u2019 mother and then fired multiple rounds, hitting her and their two daughters before driving off in a stolen SUV.<\/p>\n
Detectives from JSO\u2019s Homicide Unit responded to the scene and took over the investigation. Investigators quickly identified Reed as the shooter and issued a BOLO \u2014 be on the lookout \u2014 with a description of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
RELATED: \u2018It\u2019s like time stopped\u2019: Neighbor rushed in to help family after triple shooting that killed 4-year-old girl<\/a><\/p>\n Members of JSO\u2019s Community Problem Response Team found Reed and stopped him using a vehicle block. They took him into custody without incident, and he was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n Criminal history<\/p>\n According to past court records, Reed served time in prison from 2016 to 2019 for robbery with a deadly weapon stemming from an incident in 2015 when he was 19 years old. <\/p>\n