Jacksonville police arrest 2 teens for murder in death of 18-year-old father

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it has arrested two teen boys for murder in the shooting death of an 18-year-old father that happened Sept. 30.

A 17-year-old, who Action News Jax is not naming due to his age, and 18-year-old Robert Dashawn Harris are charged with murder, JSO said in a news release.

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, Officers responded to the 800 block of Alderman Road to reports that someone was shot.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department was treating the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot multiple times.

Family and friends later told Action News Jax that the person killed was 18-year-old Dorian Hamilton, who was the father of an 8-month-old baby girl.

18-year-old father shot and killed outside Arlington apartment complex in Jacksonville Family and friends identified Dorian Hamilton as the 18-year-old shot and killed outside an Arlington apartment complex Sept. 29.

JSO said during its investigation, multiple people were identified as having been involved in the shooting death. Warrants were obtained for the two suspects and both were subsequently located and arrested in connection with the murder.