Police said both drivers got out with handguns after an argument on Edgewood Avenue West.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A road-rage confrontation turned deadly Sunday night near the northbound ramp from Edgewood Avenue West to Interstate 95, where Jacksonville police said two drivers got out of their vehicles, exchanged gunfire and left one man dead.
Investigators said the shooting began with an argument between two motorists and ended with one driver dying at the scene from a gunshot wound to the chest. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the other driver, believed to have been in a small silver SUV, left before officers arrived and had not been found Monday morning, leaving detectives to piece together the final moments from witness accounts and any video from the area.
Officers were called about 8:20 p.m. Sunday to reports of gunfire on Edgewood Avenue West in the Lake Forest area of Northwest Jacksonville. By the time they reached the scene, police said, they found a man believed to be in his mid- to late-30s suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was pronounced dead there. Investigators said the encounter started while both vehicles were moving on Edgewood and continued onto the northbound I-95 ramp. Once both vehicles stopped, police said, both drivers stepped out armed. “They got into a shootout,” Sgt. Steve Rudlaff of JSO’s homicide unit said, describing what witnesses told investigators at the scene.
Police said several witnesses stayed and spoke with detectives after the shooting. Their accounts, Rudlaff said, gave investigators an early picture of the argument on the road and the moment both vehicles pulled over. Detectives are now trying to confirm those statements with surveillance or traffic video that might show the SUV, its path before the shooting and where it went afterward. Authorities have not publicly identified the man who was killed, and they have not released a description of the other driver beyond the vehicle: a small silver SUV. Investigators also had not said Monday whether they know which driver fired first, how many shots were exchanged or whether the dead man struck the other driver during the gunfire.
The shooting shut down part of a busy connection between a major city road and one of Jacksonville’s main interstates, turning a short stretch of pavement into a homicide scene. Police said no other vehicles were hit and no bystanders were reported injured, a detail investigators noted as they described the episode as isolated despite the public setting. The case also adds to a familiar law enforcement concern: how fast ordinary traffic disputes can escalate when both people involved are armed. In this case, detectives said the confrontation did not stay inside the vehicles. Instead, it moved from a roadside argument to a gun battle on an exit ramp in a corridor used by commuters heading between Northwest Jacksonville and the interstate.
As of Monday morning, no arrest had been announced and no charges had been filed publicly. Detectives said the next step is locating the SUV driver so investigators can determine that person’s role, compare that account against witness statements and physical evidence, and decide whether criminal charges are warranted. The sheriff’s office said homicide investigators are also seeking video from businesses, traffic cameras or drivers who may have been in the area around 8:20 p.m. Sunday. Police had not announced a court date, identified a suspect by name or said whether the SUV driver was believed to be injured. The victim’s name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.
Even with many details still missing, the scene described by investigators was stark: two vehicles stopping on the ramp, two armed men stepping out and a burst of gunfire in the dark beside the interstate. Rudlaff said detectives are especially focused on footage that could show the small silver SUV before or after the shooting. Witnesses remained nearby and gave statements instead of leaving, giving investigators an important starting point in the first hours of the case. For now, the central unanswered question is the same one detectives faced at daybreak Monday: who was driving the SUV, and what happened in the seconds before the shots were fired?
The case remained an active homicide investigation Monday, with detectives still searching for the SUV driver and reviewing witness accounts and possible video. The next major milestone is a public update from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office once investigators identify the driver or announce charges.
Author note: Last updated March 23, 2026.