Skip to global navigation Skip to content Skip to search Skip to footer Skip to site map Access Key Legend
Global Navigation
Open Navigation
content
JSO News
Arrest Made in Restaurant Parking Lot Homicide
July 29, 2025
On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, District 3 patrol officers responded to a shooting on Southside Boulevard. The victim, 38-year-old Kenneth Mobley, Jr., had been shot in the chest in a restaurant parking lot. Rescue rushed him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
Mobley was a father; he was just days away from celebrating his 39th birthday.
 
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) Homicide Unit detectives began their investigation immediately. Detectives interviewed witnesses and carefully examined evidence to identify the suspect: 24-year-old Josiah Luis Martinez.
 
On Friday, July 25, 2025, an arrest warrant was issued for Martinez. He was taken into custody with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Task Force on Monday, July 28, 2025, and is now behind bars in the John E. Goode Pretrial Detention Facility (Duval County jail), facing a Murder charge.

To access the arrest report and booking photo for this case, please visit the Published Media Requests page on JSO's Public Records Portal and search "M474881" in the Reference No. section.
 
To view this post on JSO's Facebook page, please click here.
To view this post on JSO's Instagram account, please click here.
footer
Video Player Window Exit Youtube Player
Access Key Legend
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by pressing access keys on your keyboard. On Windows, you can press ALT + Access Key (Chrome), ALT + Access Key + Enter (Internet Explorer) or ALT + Shift + Access Key (Firefox); on Macintosh, you can press Control + Option + Access Key (Safari, Firefox, and Chrome). All pages on this site use the following access keys:
Access Key 1 : Navigation
Access Key 2 : Page Content
Access Key 3 : Search
Access Key 4 : Footer
Access Key 5 : Site Map Access Key 6 : Access Key Legend Visitors using the JAWS screen reader 8 or above can navigate using the following keystrokes: H to cycle forward through the headings
Shift + H to cycle backwards through the headings
1 to navigate to the next level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the next heading on this level)
Shift + 1 to navigate to the previous level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the previous heading on this level)
Insert + F6 to provide a list of all headings
We are committed to meeting the guidelines set forth by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG2). All pages on use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles. View the City of Jacksonville Americans with Disabilities Act Notice.
End Of Page