{"id":88462,"date":"2025-12-18T21:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88462\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:36:11","slug":"family-of-jacksonville-musician-killed-in-road-rage-wants-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88462\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Jacksonville musician killed in road rage wants answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a popular Jacksonville musician killed in a Dec. 10 road rage<\/a> is calling for answers and an arrest of the man who\u2019s stating he was standing his ground under the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t even know the name of the person who did this and police have told them it may take \u2018many months,\u2019\u201d said attorney John Phillips, who is representing the family of the late Joe Starkey, 62.<\/p>\n

Starkey was a songwriter, producer, sound engineer and a member of the band Puddle of Mudd. His family said he wrote and produced for big acts such as Saliva, Daughtry and Avril Lavigne.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office has released scant information about the case. What\u2019s been provided is that it occurred about 9 p.m. on St Johns Bluff Road at Bahia Drive near Atlantic Boulevard. Starkey was found dead in the roadway with at least one gunshot wound. After talking with several witnesses and the shooter, it was determined to be some sort of road rage incident that led to the shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office lists the case as a homicide pending classification while the State Attorney\u2019s Office investigates possible charges. The State Attorney\u2019s Office said it\u2019s an active investigation and cannot comment further.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office made no mention of additional passengers in either vehicle. But Phillips, who conducted a Dec. 18 news conference with the family, said Starkey\u2019s wife, Tina, was with him.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/p>\n

Joe Starkey, 62, was shot and killed during a road rage attack at St Johns Bluff Road and Bahia Drive in Jacksonville on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n

This is their account: After heading home from dinner at a restaurant, they noticed an unusual-looking Jeep that swerved and darted into their path repeatedly. At first, the Starkeys thought he may be drunk or texting and driving and just chose to stay away. However, at one point, the driver of the Jeep aggressively passed their car and then hit his breaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven he did not want to lead the person to his home, Joe pulled over hoping the Jeep would just drive by,\u201d according to their statement. \u201cIt did not, so Joe sought to speak to him. Starkey was particularly concerned because his wife had recently had spinal surgery and a wreck or further aggravation could be catastrophic. He just wanted to see what in the world was going on. \u2026 At no time did Mr. Starkey use, threaten, intend or have any ability to use imminent use of unlawful force.\u201d<\/p>\n

They believe the driver of the Jeep was the first and only aggressor, so is not entitled to Stand Your Ground protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn no way did the shooting meet any potential threat he could have subjectively feared,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cOne man was out of his car unarmed. One man was in his car armed.\u201d<\/p>\n

A GoFundMe<\/a> has been set up for the Starkey family.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Family of Jacksonville musician killed in road rage wants answers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a popular Jacksonville musician killed in a Dec. 10 road rage is calling for answers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,45254,47973,3718],"class_list":["post-88462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-joe-starkey","tag-john-phillips","tag-road-rage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88462","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=88462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}