Three men have been charged in connection with the killing of a 39-year-old Black man in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ryan Nichols, 19, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder, according to the sheriff’s office.
Daniel DeGuardia, 18, and Holden Dodson, 21, have been charged with accessory after the fact in the murder. The three men are white.
A judge on Thursday advised DeGuardia and Dodson they may have hate crime charges added to their offense, according to local outlet First Coast News.
The judge later told the outlet that she based that upon the allegations that the three white men had been chasing the Black victim for no apparent reason.
However, law enforcement agencies told the outlet there is no information yet that evidences a hate crime.
On May 2, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was alerted to an unconscious individual, and found the victim lying on the ground near a dumpster in downtown Jacksonville with an apparent gunshot wound.
He was pronounced deceased by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, authorities said.
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