Police investigate a shooting June 11 outside of Copeland's of New Orleans restaurant on Southside Boulevard.Police investigate a shooting June 11 outside of Copeland's of New Orleans restaurant on Southside Boulevard.
Police investigate a shooting June 11, 2025, outside of Copeland's of New Orleans restaurant on Southside Boulevard. | News4Jax

Suspect charged in slaying outside Copeland’s restaurant

Published on July 29, 2025 at 11:57 am
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A man is behind bars on a murder charge in connection with a shooting outside Copeland’s of New Orleans at Southside Boulevard and Touchton Road, police said.

The shooting June 11 shut down parts of the busy intersection as detectives investigated. Shoppers in the Deerwood Lake shopping center next door heard the gunfire.

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Josiah Luis Martinez, 24, was arrested late Monday on a charge of second-degree murder. He remains held without bail, according to jail records.

Detectives were called to the restaurant just after 2 p.m. to find Kenneth Mobley Jr., 38, suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest. Mobley was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police have relaesed no information about what led to the shooting.


author image Reporter email Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at The Florida Times-Union before joining the staff of WJCT News 89.9.

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