{"id":438374,"date":"2026-10-26T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438374\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:28:19","slug":"jacksonville-inmate-arrested-charged-in-connection-with-early-year-murder-on-westside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438374\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville inmate arrested, charged in connection with early-year murder on Westside"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Jacksonville man was rearrested and charged in connection with an early-year murder on the city’s Westside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

On the evening of Wednesday, January 28, JSO responded to a reported shooting<\/a> on 103rd Street near Britton Lane. While en route to the scene, the agency states that a man, 45-year-old Porfirio Rosario, had arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound, where he later succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

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At the time, authorities told First Coast News that several people had been brought in for questioning. Through investigative means, it was later determined that 24-year-old Dominque Alexander had been identified as Rosario’s killer. According to the agency,<\/p>\n

Alexander was “driving in another car and shot at the car Rosario was in.” Rosario was said to be sitting on the passenger side of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

In March 2026, Alexander had been arrested by JSO for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was held at the Duval County Jail awaiting trial. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Alexander was rearrested and charged with second-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Jacksonville man was rearrested and charged in connection with an early-year murder on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-438374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438374","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=438374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}