{"id":443560,"date":"2026-10-31T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/443560\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:36:09","slug":"man-killed-in-tallahassee-amid-violent-october-shooting-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/443560\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in Tallahassee amid violent October shooting spike"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man was shot and killed early Saturday at Jackson Lodge on Apalachee Parkway, the latest fatal gunfire in a violent October for Florida’s capital city<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tallahassee police responded about 1:41 a.m. to the 2818 Apalachee Parkway, where officers found an adult man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to a Tallahassee Police Department incident alert.<\/p>\n

A TPD watch commander confirmed to the Tallahassee Democrat that the shooting occurred at the Jackson Masonic Lodge. He believed the shooting occurred outside the lodge, which books out for events, but he said the investigation was still in its preliminary stages.<\/p>\n

Officers attempted life-saving measures before the man was taken to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.<\/p>\n

The shooting is being investigated as a homicide. Police did not identify the victim or provide details about what led to the shooting, possible suspects or arrests.<\/p>\n

The Apalachee Parkway homicide brought the toll to at least 16 people shot in six incidents since Oct. 24, though police determined one was an accidental discharge and another was a Stand Your Ground case.<\/p>\n

The violent stretch began Oct. 24 with the mass shooting near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium<\/a> following the university’s homecoming football game, in which 11 people were injured, including six children.<\/p>\n

Gunfire was reported again the following evening at a Walgreens in northeast Tallahassee<\/a>, though police and prosecutors quickly determined it was a “Stand Your Ground” case that began in the parking lot after a man “aggressively approached” another man, who allegedly shot him in self-defense.<\/p>\n

A man was also wounded<\/a> the next next morning in a shooting in the 1000 block of Bronough Street. Few details are known about that incident.<\/p>\n

Tallahassee Police Department in action at crime scenes, crashes<\/p>\n

1 of 94<\/p>\n

The Tallahassee Police Department investigates a mass shooting that occurred overnight at the Parkway Center shopping plaza Sunday, May 12, 2024. (Alicia Devine\/Tallahassee Democrat)<\/p>\n

Then, on Oct. 27, a person was wounded at the West 10 student apartments<\/a> on West Tennessee Street. Police later determined that shooting was an accidental discharge rather than an intentional shooting, according to previous Democrat reporting.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, another man was critically wounded<\/a> in a shooting at Magnolia Terrace Apartments on Magnolia Drive. A witness said a man was shot in the head by someone in a vehicle before the car sped off.<\/p>\n

The investigation into Saturday’s shooting remains open and active.<\/p>\n

So far this year, 14 people have been killed and 47 have been injured in at least 52 serious shootings in the capital city and Leon County, according to\u00a0a Tallahassee Democrat analysis of gun violence<\/a>\u00a0that tracks incidents involving injury, death or a clear risk of serious harm.<\/p>\n

Detectives are asking anyone who witnessed the latest incident but did not speak with officers at the scene to call TPD at 850-891-4200. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Solvers at 850-574-8477.<\/p>\n

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