Orange Park, Florida



From Jacksonville’s Jacksonville.com of July 14, 2004

Orange Park man dies from gunshot wounds



Homicide detectives with the Clay County Sheriff's Office Monday were investigating the death of an Orange Park man from gunshot wounds inflicted by a female acquaintance Friday evening at her home.



Danny Ray Norman, 54, died after being shot in the head and chest about 7:40 p.m. in the 400 block of Tara Lane in the Meadowbrook Terrace neighborhood.



In a 911 call, Lynda Rector, 53, said a man was injured in her home and hung up, said Mary Justino, a Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. Later, investigators were told the shooting was in self defense.



"Investigators believe Rector and Norman dated in the past and that an altercation of some sort may have led to the shooting," Justino said.



The victim, a computer analyst, was taken to Orange Park Medical Center, then transferred by helicopter to Shands Jacksonville hospital, where he was pronounced dead.



Neither Rector nor Norman has a criminal record in Clay County.

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