Jacksonville man sentenced to life in prison for killing father, friend in Baymeadows shooting

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing his father and a friend in a 2025 shooting in Jacksonville’s Baymeadows area.A Duval County judge imposed the sentence Oct. 15, court records show. Larry Baldwin Jr. was convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the deaths of Larry Baldwin Sr., 41, and Rubisnney Giraldo-Mina, 19. The sentence says he is not eligible for early release or parole.The killings happened just before 3:30 a.m. June 21, 2025, at a business complex near Baymeadows Road and Old Baymeadows Road. Investigators said Baldwin, then 18, and the two victims had been working on a disabled truck when an argument broke out.Surveillance video showed Baldwin arguing with Giraldo-Mina, striking him with a firearm and then shooting him multiple times, prosecutors said. The gun discharged during the confrontation and struck Baldwin Sr., according to the video account presented in the case.Both men died at the scene. Baldwin w