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'I don’t want him to be known as a killer': Best friend of Middleburg teen accused of killing parents speaks

MIDDLEBURG, FLORIDA, AUG 5 – The 14-year-old called 911 to confess after a domestic dispute led to the shooting of his parents, and he awaits arrest at a nearby church, authorities said.

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Family, friends and neighbors who knew the family tell First Coast News they're shocked. The best friend of the teen suspect says the family treated him like a son.

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Florida teen shoots, kills parents before calling 911, police say

A Florida teen shot and killed his parents before walking to a nearby church to turn himself in, police said on the morning of Monday, Aug. 4.

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A 14-year-old teenager was arrested on Monday in Clay County, North Florida, after confessing to having killed his parents with a firearm. The crime took place in Middleburg, part of Jacksonville Metropolitan Area, according to the County Sheriff’s Office. The minor, identified as Trevor Lee, contacted the 911 emergency line shortly after the attack to report the incident. In the call, he pointed out that he had killed his parents inside his hom…

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Using a gun, a teenage boy as young as 14 killed his parents in Florida and then called 911 emergency number and turned himself in to the police. The tragic event occurred in the Middleburg community, a town in the Jacksonville metropolitan region that is shaken by the terrible news. The case, described by the authorities as a domestic incident, has once again set off alarms about armed violence among minors in the United States.

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First Coast broke the news in Jacksonville, United States on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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