{"id":184204,"date":"2025-08-29T09:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184204\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:06:46","slug":"fourth-final-suspect-connected-to-deadly-2024-shooting-at-westside-game-room-arrested-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184204\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth, final suspect connected to deadly 2024 shooting at Westside game room arrested, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 The fourth and final suspect, who police say is connected to a deadly shooting that occurred at a Westside game room last year, has been arrested. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc13 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc03 \ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfce\ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfd2 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc04 \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc11<br \/>Our fight for justice doesn\u2019t stop until every person involved is held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JSO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JSO<\/a> Homicide Unit detectives have arrested the final suspect\u2014the gunman\u2014in a deadly shooting at a Westside\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NtoGOsOGip\">pic.twitter.com\/NtoGOsOGip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jax Sheriff&#8217;s Office (@JSOPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSOPIO\/status\/1961202135598514675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSOPIO\/status\/1961202135598514675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSOPIO\/status\/1961202135598514675\">According to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office,<\/a> Trai\u2019xon Smith, 25, faces charges of Murder and Attempted Murder after detectives learned that he was the man behind the gun on the night that 28-year-old Ronald Matthews was fatally shot at the Dragon Arcade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2024\/10\/03\/security-guard-killed-after-being-shot-multiple-times-inside-westside-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2024\/10\/03\/security-guard-killed-after-being-shot-multiple-times-inside-westside-business\/\">around 2 a.m. on Oct. 3, 2024. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/08\/25-year-old-man-charged-in-death-of-security-guard-who-was-fatally-shot-inside-dragon-arcade-on-jacksonvilles-westside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/08\/25-year-old-man-charged-in-death-of-security-guard-who-was-fatally-shot-inside-dragon-arcade-on-jacksonvilles-westside\/\">25-year-old man charged in death of security guard who was fatally shot inside Dragon Arcade on Jacksonville\u2019s Westside<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JSO said three others, Quraan Goodman, 25, Petrios Britt, 27, and Cheneta Duffy, 33, are facing felony charges resulting from the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">&#8220;We will work closely with the State Attorney\u2019s Office to make sure all four suspects face the consequences of their actions and justice is served for Matthews,&#8221; police said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to JSO, officers responded to the Dragon Arcade, located on Edgewood Avenue North near West Beaver Street, after receiving reports of a shooting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Early information from the agency indicated that two masked and armed individuals entered the business and shot the security guard, later identified as Ronald Dewitt Matthews III. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Matthews died at the scene, JSO said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">More than nine months after the incident, an arrest report revealed that U.S. Marshals captured Goodman about 20 days after the warrant for his arrest was issued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Additionally, multiple CrimeStoppers tips identified Goodman as a suspect, the report said, which helped lead to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; 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