{"id":88686,"date":"2025-12-19T00:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88686\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:28:13","slug":"jacksonville-mans-family-is-demanding-answers-after-he-was-killed-in-road-rage-incident-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88686\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man\u2019s family is demanding answers after he was killed in road rage incident \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The attorney representing the family of a man who was killed in a road rage incident is now calling for answers and an arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">They said Joe Starkey was unarmed and did not pose a threat when he was shot after an encounter with another driver on St. Johns Bluff Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Starkey and his wife were on their way home from dinner last week when, according to their attorney, John Phillips, a jeep started swerving into their lane and brake-checking them.<\/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\">Phillips said Starkey did not want to lead the driver to his home, so he pulled over, hoping the jeep would keep going, but it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cMy husband got out of the car because he did not want him following us to our house,\u201d Joe\u2019s wife, Tina Starkey, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Starkey tried to speak with that driver, and his attorney said at no point did he threaten him or use any force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cJoe didn\u2019t have anything threatening,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cNo conversation, no threats, no nothing. Killed him in cold blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Police said the alleged shooter turned himself in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Phillips said he believes it\u2019s being investigated as a stand-your-ground case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYou can\u2019t be the aggressor and have stand your ground,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said it is an active homicide investigation.<\/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\">As the family continues to seek justice, Starkey\u2019s son had this message for the driver who killed his dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYou were so scared of him that you felt the need that you had to shoot him,\u201d Joe\u2019s son Damien Starkey said. \u201cYou could have driven away, you were pulled up behind him, and you chose not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The family is urging anyone with information about the incident to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cI just want to get to the bottom of this and make sure he gets the justice he deserves,\u201d Damien said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">There will be a memorial service for Joe on Saturday at 2 p.m. It will be held at the Hidden Hills Country Club.<\/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 The attorney representing the family of a man who was killed in a road rage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,1131,48087,969,116,118,117,6458,16658,45372,634,44998,45374],"class_list":["post-88686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_news","tag-alexis_clevinger","tag-hidden_hills_country_club","tag-jack","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville_sheriffs_office","tag-joe","tag-joe_starkey","tag-local","tag-saint_johns_bluff_road","tag-starkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88686","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=88686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}