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Father says teenage son was shot, killed by another shooting victim at Jacksonville park

When will the violence end? The grieving parents of a 14-year-old killed in a Jacksonville city park said enough is enough.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Valentine's Day at Elizabeth Powell would change the lives of two families forever. 

"When I got the call, I was getting ready for work," said Orri Jones, "My only child. He has only been with me 14 years, a life taken too soon over foolishness." 

Jones' 14-year-old son Denim Williams was killed at the park.

"When Denim saw him fighting his brother he opened the door and took two steps then I heard pom-pom," said Ernest Williams, Denim's father, "Then Denim said 'Daddy, he shot me.'"

The teenager would later die from the bullets that ravaged his body.

"I would never expect this in a million years," said Williams.

Both Ernest Williams and Orri Jones said it began with a fight between two girls at the park, one of them being his daughter. 

Williams said he was called to the park to quell the dispute. He had his sons with him, one 15 years old and the other, Denim, in the car. He said he was not there for a gunfight.

"You killed one of my sons and shot the other," he said.

He said his 15-year-old son got into a tussle with 24-year-old Titus Mobley, who Williams said was armed. When Denim got out the car to help his brother Mobley apparently used his weapon, according to Williams.

Williams said it is at that point he decided to use his weapon, which was still in his car.

"I had to do what I had to do to protect my family and I feel bad about killing a kid," said Williams, "He is a kid to me."

Williams said Mobley wounded one son and killed the other. Mobley was also pronounced dead in the shooting, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

"It could have been avoided," said Williams.

In Jacksonville, it is another shooting, another senseless killing, and the question being asked is, "When will it end?" 

"This is going to take time," said Diallo Sekou Seabrooks.

Seabrooks chairs The Black Commission, a local advocacy non-profit. His group has declared the violence an epidemic.

"Anytime someone is murdered in the city it hurts," he said, "It is time for community intervention."

As Williams and Jones prepare the burial of their 14-year-old son, they too are calling for an end to the violence 

"We have to come together as a community," said Williams.

They don't know the solution but said the violence cannot continue.

"They're going to to have to figure out something," said Jones.

We reached out to the family of Titus Mobley. 

Patricia Mingo, a spokesperson for the family, said she will have a comment after JSO completes its investigation. 

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