Data from WSJ found that Jacksonville leads nation in legal homicides. JSO says 'facts were omitted'

Over a four-year span, from 2021 until 2024, Jacksonville had a larger share of its homicides classified as justifiable killings by civilians than any other city or county with a population greater than 500,000, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal. More than 10% of homicides by civilians were considered justifiable in Duval County, according to the WSJ’s analysis, which is just ahead of other big cities like Charlotte, Indianapolis, Memphis and Detroit. But JSO has pushed back against that part of the story, as well as the Jacksonville homicide case highlighted by the reporters in the story.