{"id":58271,"date":"2025-11-24T03:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/58271\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:11:09","slug":"jacksonville-teen-killed-in-burger-king-shooting-suspect-arrested-student-speaks-out-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/58271\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville teen killed in Burger King shooting; suspect arrested, student speaks out \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Tragic news out of Jacksonville as police confirm an 18-year-old was killed and another person injured in a double shooting late Saturday night at a Burger King on Blanding Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">According to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, 28-year-old Dawud Burritt has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, including murder. Detectives say Burritt shot and killed 18-year-old Matthew Jackson and injured another man before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Students at Riverside High School are mourning the loss of Jackson. One student, James Calvo, said the news has had a deep impact on classmates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Calvo, who shared a class with Jackson, said he was stunned to learn of his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Calvo said that while they weren\u2019t close, Jackson\u2019s presence in class made an impression on him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cIt really took effect on me. He was one of my classmates. I shared a class with him, and he was just always very cool to be around. I enjoyed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Video recorded by a passing driver showed several patrol cars with flashing lights surrounding the restaurant as officers responded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Police said they provided medical care immediately, but Jackson died from his injuries. The other victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JSO said detectives identified Burritt as the gunman by early Sunday morning. He was arrested shortly afterward and booked into the Duval County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Community members said the shooting has left many heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cFirst of all, life is short. The world is going crazy, and I feel like people are raging over just the smallest thing\u2026 the smallest, smallest thing. It wasn\u2019t necessary,\u201d said Davetra, a local resident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Calvo said students are coming together to honor Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cI do have a quote that I run called the Fellowship Christian Athletes\u2026 on behalf of the Fellowship Christian Athletes, we\u2019re hosting a campus-wide prayer meeting tomorrow in honor of him and for his family, and my family sends our deepest condolences to his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JSO said detectives have not yet released information about what led to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Tragic news out of Jacksonville as police confirm an 18-year-old was killed and another person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,35650,23636,347,28,348,116,351,118,117,349,215,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-58271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-blanding-boulevard","tag-burger-king","tag-cbs47","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-shooting","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58271","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=58271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}